Designing Pillow as a Cure for Cervicogenic Headache: A Review
T. Poovishnu Devi *
Krishna College of Physiotherapy, KIMSDU, Karad, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Background: Presently there is probably no device such as pillows designed or available in the market for relief in case of cervicogenic headache.
Objective: The objective is to come up with a pillow which could be used by the persons having cervicogenic headache in case of orthopedic manual therapy.
Method: A pillow for cervicogenic headache with adjustable neck dimensions is characterized by left side ball, right side ball and mechanism for adjusting distance between these balls as per size of the neck of patient, entire assembly of the balls and the mechanism is embedded in socket. Result: The result is the pillow has memory foam with plush covering outside.
Conclusion: The invention provides a pillow with two balls for the treatment of cervicogenic head ache.
Keywords: Pillow type, cervical stiffness, arm pain, headache