Headache Recovery Education & Guides
The background context behind the App and the Program — clinician-written guides to the main headache types and the safety signals that matter.
These guides give the general picture. The App captures yours.
We deliberately keep this library short. Your own triggers, attack timing, sleep, stress, posture and medication effects are far too individual for an article — those are tracked in the App, which turns your entries into a clear summary report you can take to your primary healthcare provider. The App tracks and summarises; diagnosis and treatment decisions stay with your clinician. HeadacheRecovery is a non-pharmacological approach: where these guides mention medication research, it is background context only and never a recommendation.
Primary vs Secondary Headaches: How to Tell Them Apart
What separates a headache that's a condition in itself from one that's a symptom of something else — and the red flags that matter.
What Is a Migraine? Symptoms, Causes and Types Explained
Migraine is a neurological disorder, not just a bad headache. The four phases, the main types, and what the evidence shows about its burden.
Medication-Overuse Headache: What It Is and How to Break the Cycle
Why frequent painkiller use can make headaches worse, how to recognise the pattern, and what to do about it.
Migraine vs Tension-Type Headache: How to Tell the Difference
A clinician's guide to the most common primary headaches — symptoms, triggers and what each one responds to.
What to Track in a Headache Diary (and Why It Matters)
The data points that actually help identify your triggers — and the ones that just create noise.
When to See a Doctor: The SNOOP Red Flags
The warning signs that mean a headache needs urgent medical assessment, not self-management.
What Is Cervicogenic Headache? Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
A headache driven by the neck — how to recognise it, why it's so often mistaken for migraine, and the physical therapy evidence behind treatment.
What Is TMJ-Related Headache? Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
When the jaw joint drives head pain — the overlap with migraine, why clenching matters, and the conservative treatments that work.
What Is Tension-Type Headache? Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
The most common headache in the world — what the band-like pressure actually means, how it differs from migraine, and the exercise evidence behind treatment.
What Is Cluster Headache? Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
Rare, one-sided and extraordinarily severe — the autonomic symptoms and restlessness that define it, and the oxygen, triptan and verapamil evidence behind treatment.
Exercise as a Treatment for Headache: What the Evidence Shows
A research summary of how exercise affects migraine, tension-type, cervicogenic and cluster headache — and how to approach it safely as a complementary strategy.