Hello all
Cervicogenic headache and occipital neuralgia may have different causes and different interventions. I started with a broad diagnosis of cervicogenic headache almost two years ago at a major medical center because I reported head and neck pain.
I’ve had multiple facet and medial branch injections at every level including level 1 that most docs won’t do. Because they didn’t help ablation wasn’t recommended.
A neurologist said the occipital pain at the base of my neck suggested occipital neuralgia and I moved to a pain management doc for occipital nerve and cervical plexus injections. They help some but don’t eliminate.
I’ve been reading about “dorsal root ganglion”injections at 2-3 as an intervention.
I’m hoping a Mayo doc will determine an accurate diagnosis and an intervention that works.