there is a type of headache called occipital neuralgia that is just in the back of the head usually with severe tenderness in the back of the head. most patients with occipital neuralgia have increased pain with movement. there is often a burning quality to the pain and some patients have a pins and needles sensation with the pain. there is a fairly simple treatment for occipital neuralgia--injection of a local anesthetic (lidocaine or novacaine) into the nerve in the scalp which numbs up the back of the head and makes the pain go away. sometimes taking a medication like aleve or motrin every day for several days will calm this down.
what can i do about the pain in the back of my head which worsens when i move?