Episode 356: "Manual Therapy for Cervicogenic Headaches" What distinguishes a cervicogenic headache from your more classic headaches like migraines or tension type headaches are that cervicogenic headaches are actually caused from dysfunction in your neck. Cervicogenic headaches are a form of referred pain – meaning that although the source of the pain is in the cervical spine, the sensation of pain is felt in the head as a headache. This happens because there are nerves in the upper cervical re