About Chronic Head & Neck Tension Diagnosis
If you have chronic tension in the head and neck just know that all chronic tension sufferers have unique and identifiable neuromuscular force problems that contribute to the pain.
Diagnosis at CHMRC involves discovering the neuromuscular force imbalances at work that are either exacerbating or even directly causing the chronic tension and pain.
How We Diagnose Chronic Head & Neck Tension
At Connecticut Headache & Migraine Relief Center we employ a variety of diagnostics to help us determine the best way to treat your condition for lasting results:
- HEAD HEALTH QUESTIONAIRE
- HEADACHE HISTORY REVIEW
- BITE FORCE ANALYSIS
- RANGE OF MOTION ANALYSIS
- MUSCLE PALPATION
Exploring your health history can be invaluable in determining the real root causes for your pain. Understanding your health factors will help Dr. Anzalone refine the protocols used to treat your chronic head and neck tension condition.
Critical to the successful treatment of any patient is having information that reveals the relational causes. Our diagnostic approach here at CHMRC always seeks to get at the heart of the root causes within you. Correctly treating those root causes could help eliminate the chronic head and neck tension, as well as the tension headaches or migraines.
Bite force analysis is done using a t-scan tool, which is inserted into the mouth. When a patient bites down we can immediately learn a great deal about the bite force distributions of his or her teeth. 3-D computer models of those forces are produced for clinical review and analysis. Dr. Anzalone will use this data to customize treatment protocols to your rehabilitation needs.
Dr. Anzalone will take precise measurements of your range of motion to ascertain the level of impairment and expose any locations that require additional work at your treatment visits.
Trigger points are not only painful, but they can also lead to referral pain in other ares of the body. Dr. Anzalone can find the trigger points in you by palpating the muscles of the head, face, neck and shoulders. Any trigger points found will be given special attention during the performance of treatment protocols.
At Connecticut Headache & Migraine Relief Center Dr. Anzalone’s diagnoses are produced by using the measurement data taken at the examination, but with full consideration of the individual’s unique health and pain history. This multidimensional approach can produce more successful treatment outcomes.