Headache Relief in Perth
Headaches, migraine, tension, and cervicogenic
Three types, three different drivers, three different approaches to management. Most headache sufferers have been treated for the symptom for years. Here is what happens when you treat the source.
If headaches have become part of your normal week — reached for paracetamol, pushed through, written it off — you may have been managing a symptom while the cause waits.
Headache is among the most common reasons Australians present to primary care, yet the majority are managed with medication alone. That’s not always wrong — but it’s often incomplete. Tension headaches, migraine, and cervicogenic headache each have distinct drivers, distinct clinical patterns, and distinct management approaches. Treating one as another keeps people stuck.
Cervicogenic headache — driven by the upper cervical spine — is consistently underdiagnosed. Migraine involves neurological and hormonal complexity that goes well beyond pain relief. Both respond to targeted conservative care. Both require more than a standing prescription.
Dr Tim Leith has personal and clinical experience with complex migraine and cervical-vestibular rehabilitation. Below, find your headache type and understand what a proper assessment actually involves.
