Understanding Occipital Neuralgia Occipital neuralgia is a condition that causes a lot of pain. It affect the nerve that run from the top of the cord to the scalp. People who have this condition often say it feels like a pain a burning sensation or an electric shock at the back of the head or behind the ears. This happen when the occipital nerve get irritated inflamed or squeezed by the...

Thing is, occipital neuralgia ain't just a headache, it's real nerve pain that throws your day off. Sudden jolts hit the back of your head, like static shocks. People think it's a migraine or stress headachy stuff, but it comes from irritated nerves in the neck to the top of the skull. Pain zips from the base up toward temples and behind the eyes - sharp, stabbing, almost impossible to ignore....