Post-trauma headache treatment
Skull trauma can be followed by recurrent headaches. These are most commonly tension headaches (see Posterior tension headache).
A tight, pressure-like pain that does not throb, often described like a heavy weight located to the back and base of the skull. It does not worsen with physical activity and is not accompanied by vomiting or visual disturbance.
Cefaly cannot help reduce the pain during an episode of this type of Post-trauma headache. It may be useful for prevention, although there is insufficient clinical data to confirm this.
If you are still developing recurrent headaches some time after the initial trauma (more than 3 months), these are most commonly found to be anterior tension headaches.
Cefaly can therefore be used in the same way as for anterior tension headaches.
More than half of patients who regularly suffer from tension headaches can gain relief by using only programme 1 when an attack strikes.
Programme 1 is used just once in such cases, or more commonly, twice in succession. At the end of the twenty-minute session, the intensity reduces gradually over the course of 30 seconds. During this stage, a simple press on the button will immediately start a new twenty-minute session.
In more intractable cases, programme 2 (prevention) is used on a daily basis until a reduction is noted in the frequency of attacks. Programme 2 can then be used two to three times a week.
Programme 1 can also be used each time an attack occurs.