Alabama Physical Therapy & Acupuncture
The purpose of this research is to compare two different approaches for treating patients with tension-type headaches: thrust Manipulation, electric dry Needling and exercise Vs. non-thrust mobilization, soft-tissue mobilization, exercise and TENS. Physical therapists commonly use all of these techniques to treat tension-type headaches. This study is attempting to find out if one treatment strategy is more effective than the other.
Patient will tension-type headaches will be randomized to receive 2 sessions per week for 6 weeks (up to 8-12 sessions total) of either: 1. thrust Manipulation, electric dry Needling and exercise or 2. non-thrust mobilization, soft-tissue mobilization, exercise and TENS
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient must be between 18 and 65 years old and report ALL YES under one of the Tension-type Headaches described below: 2.2 Frequent Episodic Tension-type Headaches: Frequent episodes of headache, typically bilateral, pressing or tightening in quality and of mild to moderate intensity, lasting minutes to days. The pain does not worsen with routine physical activity and is not associated with nausea, but photophobia or phonophobia may be present. 1. At least 10 episodes of headache occurring on 1- 14 days per month on average for \>3 months (12 and \<180 days per year)…
Thrust Manipulation, Electric Dry Needling
Non-thrust Mobilization, Soft-Tissue Mobilization, Exercise and TENS
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