Pain

Causes of Pain in Head and Scalp include:

Normal Anatomy:

Scalp     Skull     TMJ     Sinuses     Meninges     Brain     Circulation     Cranial Nerves

Headaches:

Tension Headaches     Migraine Headaches     Cluster Headaches     Sinus Headaches 

Headaches, New Onset

Headaches with Fever, Weight Loss, Immune suppressed, Cancer history

Headaches with Neurologic Signs of Seizures and Confusion

Morning Headaches:  Sleep Apnea     Brain Tumor     High Blood Pressure

Scalp Tenderness:

Sinusitis    Sphenoid Sinusitis    Temporal Arteritis    Shingles

Scalp Swelling:

Paget’s disease     Pilar Cyst   Cylindroma     Dermoid Cyst    Cancer

Xanthogranuloma     Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia  Metastasis

Acne keloidalis nuchae

Painful Scalp:

Occipital Neuralgia     Trigeminal Neuralgia    Postherpetic neuralgia

Trigeminal trophic syndrome

Referred Pain:

TMJ     Occipital Neuralgia    Cervicogenic Headache

Neck Pain

Normal Anatomy:

Muscles     Bones    Nerves

Range of Motion:

Flexion     Extension     Lateral Rotation     Lateral bending

Causes of pain in Neck include:

Muscular Pain:

Strain     Traumatic as in Whiplash     Tension Headaches     Dystonia    Spasmodic Torticollis

Structural Pain: 

Radiculopathy     Arthritis     DISH      Chiari malformations

Infection: 

Meningitis     Herpes Zoster     Pharyngeal Abscess     Lyme Disease     Subdiaphragmatic Abscess

Inflammatory:

Spondylitis     Fibromyalgia     Rheumatoid Arthritis     PMR

Malignancy:

Tumors     Multiple Myeloma     Neck Metastasis

Referred Pain:

MI/Angina     Subacromial Bursitis     Rotator Cuff Tear      Frozen Shoulder

Apical Lung Tumor     Shoulder Impingement     Esophageal

Shoulder Pain

Normal Anatomy:

Shoulder Normal Anatomy    Shoulder Nerves     Shoulder Muscles      Shoulder Bones

Shoulder Range of Motion:

Flexion     Extension      Internal Rotation     Extrenal Rotation       Adduction    Abduction

Causes of pain in Shoulder include:

Muscular:

Strain     Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy    Rotator Cuff Tear     Rotator Cuff Impingement       Frozen Shoulder    Biceps tendonitis

Structural: 

Shoulder Joint      Acromioclavicular Joint     Sternoclavicular joint      labral Tear     Dislocation           AC Joint Separation      Biceps tendon Rupture

Infection: 

Herpes Zoster     Lyme Disease     Subdiaphragmatic Abscess

Inflammatory: 

Fibromyalgia     Rheumatoid Arthritis     PMR

Malignancy:

Tumors     Multiple Myeloma

Referred Pain:

MI/Angina     Subacromial Bursitis     Rotator Cuff Tear      Frozen Shoulder     Apical Lung

Tumor     Shoulder Impingement     Esophageal