Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO A headache in the back of the head, also known as an occipital headache, can stem from ...

Pinched nerves, muscle tightness, or a neck and head injury usually cause occipital neuralgia. Other causes include: How pain in the back of the head is treated depends on what's causing it.

So talk it over before you head to the OR ... press on a spinal nerve, and cause back pain. In a diskectomy, the surgeon removes all or part of the disk. They may have to make a big cut in ...

The hip joint consists of two main parts — the femoral head ... on the back of the thigh Major nerves, such as the sciatic nerve, and blood vessels also surround the hip. Hip pain that occurs ...

Irritation or tension on the sciatic nerve can cause pain to radiate down ... stretch in the front of the back thigh. Keeping ...

This article was medically reviewed by Amit Kochhar, MD, double board-certified in Otolaryngology, Head ... nerve trapped in a "pins-and-needles stage." This might leave you in constant pain.