HEADACHE, OROFACIAL PAIN AND BRUXISM. DIAGNOSIS AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO MANAGEMENT

Description

Headache, Orofacial Pain and Bruxism: Diagnosis and multidisciplinary approaches to management has been written by clinicians for clinicians. It contains the collective knowledge of hundreds of years of clinical experience. The authors are drawn from a range of disciplines which regularly encounter patients with headache, orofacial pain or bruxism. They have described evidence-informed clinical practice derived from anatomical, physiological, and biomechanical concepts.

Patients who present with headache, orofacial pain or bruxism provide a clinical challenge to make sense of symptoms, sources, and contributing factors. There are many structures associated with problems in this region and patients may call on any of a number of health practitioners for diagnosis and treatment. It is often beyond the expertise of a single practitioner to address all facets of the problem without the assistance of colleagues.

• This book provides clinicians with the theoretical and clinical information required to appreciate the role of each discipline involved in the management of patients with headache, orofacial pain and bruxism.
• Clinicians are encouraged to use a multidisciplinary approach and to collaborate in the comprehensive management of these patients.

Contents

Section One Diagnosis

• 1. Headache in general practice
• 2. Catastrophic and sinister headache
• 3. Migraine
• 4. Headache in childhood and adolescence
• 5. Headache and the upper cervical zygapophyseal joints
• 6. Sleep, structure, bruxism and headache
• 7. Temporomandibular disorders and related headache
• 8. Clinical features of cervicogenic and temporomandibular-related headache
• 9. Central nervous system processing in cervicogenic headache
• 10. ENT causes of orofacial pain
• 11. Ocular causes of headache
• 12. Vestibular dysfunction
• 13. Measurement of headache

Section two Approaches

• 14. Physiotherapy management of cervicogenic headache: Part 1
• 15. Physiotherapy management of cervicogenic headache: Part 2
• 16. Chiropractic approach
• 17. Osteopathic approach
• 18. Integrative medicine approach
• 19. Management of temporomandibular and cervical components of headache
• 20. Management of parafunctional activities and bruxism
• 21. Psychological management
• 22. Psychiatric management
• Section Three Treatment
• 23. Myofascial trigger point treatment
• 24. Dry needling, acupuncture and laser
• 25. The Feldenkrais Method
• 26. Botox injections
• 27. Neurosurgery

Index

Author Information

By Peter Selvaratnam, PhD(Anatomy), BAppSc(Physio), GradDipManipTher, DipAcupuncture, FACP, Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, Director, Headache Centre of Victoria; Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne; Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Dept of Anatomy, Facullty of Medicine, Monash University, Austraila; Kenneth Robert Niere, BAppSc(Physio), GradDip(ManipTher), MManipPhysio, FACP, Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, Senior Lecturer, School of Physiotherapy, La Trobe University; Principal, Auburn Spinal Therapy Centre;Maria Inez Zuluaga, BAppSc(Physio), GradDip(ManipTher), MWomen's Hlth, Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist; Clinician, Headache Centre of Victoria, Australia and Pamela Oddy, BA(Hons), Director, The WordCare Company