Headaches and migraines are created by your brain in response to information it receives. We identify the neurological inputs driving your head pain and correct them.
Specialist headache and migraine treatment using Functional Neurology and P-DTR. Based in Shiremoor, Newcastle.
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Like all pain, headaches are generated by your brain. They are not simply transmitted from a painful area to your brain. Your brain creates the headache experience based on the information it receives and its assessment of whether protection or warning is needed.
Multiple systems can contribute to headache generation. Your neck provides dense proprioceptive input to your brain, and neck receptor dysfunction is involved in many headache types. Your visual system processes enormous amounts of information, and visual dysfunction can trigger headaches. Your vestibular system tells your brain about head position and movement, and vestibular dysfunction contributes to many headache presentations.
When these systems provide unclear or conflicting information, your brain may respond by creating a headache. The headache is not arbitrary. It is a signal that something in your nervous system is not functioning optimally.
Understanding this opens up new treatment possibilities. Rather than just managing headache symptoms with medication, we can identify which neurological inputs are driving the headaches and address them.
The most common headache type, often described as a band around the head or pressure. Despite the name, these are not simply caused by muscle tension. They involve complex neurological factors that we assess and address.
Headaches originating from the neck. The upper cervical spine and its connections to the head are rich in receptors. Dysfunction here can refer pain into the head, temples, forehead and around the eyes.
Intense headaches often with visual disturbances, nausea, and sensitivity to light and sound. While migraines involve complex brain chemistry, the triggers often include neurological inputs that can be identified and modified.
Headaches associated with visual disturbances, whether part of migraine aura or occurring independently. We test visual function comprehensively in these cases.
Many headaches include neck symptoms like stiffness, pain or restricted movement. The neck and head are deeply connected neurologically.
Headaches occurring most days, often for months or years. This indicates persistent neurological dysfunction that has not been identified or addressed.
Your neck, eyes and vestibular system form an interconnected triangle that is often central to headache conditions.
Your neck contains more proprioceptive receptors than almost any other part of your body. These receptors tell your brain exactly where your head is positioned. When neck receptors malfunction, your brain receives unclear information about head position.
Your eyes are intimately connected to neck function. Eye movements and neck movements are coupled. Visual processing problems can create neck tension, and neck dysfunction can affect visual function.
Your vestibular system works together with your visual and neck systems to create your sense of position and movement in space. Vestibular dysfunction can manifest as headaches, particularly those associated with movement, busy environments or visual complexity.
When there is conflict between these three systems, when they provide information that does not match, your brain may respond with headache. This is why headache treatment that addresses only one system often fails. All three need to be assessed.
We assess headaches comprehensively, testing all three systems in the neck-eye-vestibular triangle.
We evaluate neck receptor function, looking for dysfunction in the upper cervical spine and surrounding muscles. We test eye movement control, convergence, tracking and visual processing. We assess vestibular function and how it integrates with visual and neck systems.
We also look for other contributing factors. Jaw dysfunction can affect headaches. Old facial or head injuries may have left receptor damage. Scars on the head, face or neck can create neurological disruption.
When we find dysfunction, we correct it using appropriate techniques. For receptor dysfunction, we use P-DTR. For visual and vestibular problems, we use targeted neurological approaches.
Many people with chronic headaches experience significant improvement because we address neurological factors that have never been identified. The headache driver is corrected rather than just managed.
If any of this applies, your headaches likely have neurological drivers that can be identified and addressed.
A comprehensive approach addressing all the neurological factors that contribute to headaches.
We test neck receptor function, visual processing and vestibular function. We identify dysfunction in all the systems that can contribute to headache generation.
Using P-DTR and neurological techniques, we correct dysfunction wherever we find it. Neck receptors, eye movement, vestibular processing. All contributing factors are addressed.
We verify changes with objective retesting. We identify any exercises needed to maintain improvements. You leave knowing what we found, what we changed and why your headaches have been occurring.
Result:
Many people experience significant reduction in headache frequency and intensity once the neurological drivers are addressed.
What Clients Say
“I had migraines weekly for years. Sam found visual and neck dysfunction that was driving them. My migraines have reduced to almost none.”
— Client, Newcastle
“No one had ever tested my vestibular system for my headaches. Sam found significant dysfunction and correcting it made a dramatic difference.”
— Client, North Tyneside
“Chronic daily headaches for years. Sam identified upper neck receptor problems and resolved them. I finally feel normal again.”
— Client, Whitley Bay
Headaches are often treated with medication, massage, physiotherapy or chiropractic care. These can provide relief but rarely address the underlying neurological drivers.
Headaches typically involve dysfunction in the neck-eye-vestibular triangle. Massage releases neck tension temporarily. Chiropractic adjusts neck alignment temporarily. But if visual or vestibular dysfunction is driving the pattern, the headaches return.
We test all three systems and address the contributing factors. Many people with chronic headaches experience significant reduction when the neurological drivers are finally identified and corrected.
Common neurological drivers include eye-tracking strain, vestibular mismatch, breathing mechanics and neck/jaw inputs. Immune stress can also keep sensitivity high. We test each area and show which one changes your symptoms.
Many people feel a difference in their first session because we immediately re-test the movement or situation that hurt. Complex cases take longer with steady progress.
No. Most plans use 1–3 short drills that take seconds. Their job is to hold the change your treatment created, not exhaust you. These are done between your first session, and follow up and typically most clients do them for 1 week.
Yes. We progress gently within your tolerance and stop if anything is uncomfortable. If we see red flags, we refer you to the right service.
We change the inputs your brain uses to decide whether to create pain, eyes, inner ear, cranial nerves and pain receptors. When the inputs are better, protection eases and movement feels normal again.
If your headaches have not responded to conventional treatment, neurological factors in your neck, eyes or vestibular system are likely involved. We test all three, find the dysfunction and correct it. Book a free taster session and get clarity on your headache triggers. Based in Shiremoor, Newcastle. Serving North Tyneside and surrounding areas. Sessions available this week. Free parking on site.
