“This is not a ‘cure’ for all headaches,” said study lead author, Joseph Riina, MD, of Orthopaedics Indianapolis, as cited by the release. “But, if you have headaches associated with neck pain and dysfunction, surgery for the neck problem can significantly improve the related headaches,”
The study, the largest of its kind, reported that 86.4 percent of patients reported headaches before surgery while 65.1 percent reported headaches two years after surgery.
Read the AAOS release about neck surgery for cervical spine disorders found to alleviate associated headaches.
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