Headstrong Program : Exercise Strategies for Headache Relief

Headstrong Practitioner Certification Exercise and Movement Strategies for Headache and Migraine Support

A practical certification for clinicians and movement professionals, teaching safe exercise, movement strategies, screening, flare-up planning and structured support for headache and migraine patients.

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Course curriculum

1. Welcome to the Headstrong Practitioner Certification
2. How to use this certification
3. What Headstrong Is and What It Is Not
4. Certification Pathways
5. Scope of Practice and Professional Responsibility
1. How to Use This Module: Safety First
2. Headache Overview
3. Understanding Common Headache and Migraine Types
4. Guest Lecture: Classification of Headaches and Migraines with Dr Miljenka Jelena Jurasic
5. SNNOOP10: Red Flags and When to Refer
6. Medication Overuse Headache and Medical Co-management
7. Conducting a Comprehensive Headache History
1. Why Headstrong Works: Evidence, Mechanisms and Clinical Targets
2. Measuring Progress: Outcome Measures, Dosage and Clinical Decisions
3. Understanding Thresholds, Sensitisation and Load Tolerance
4. Downloadable Screen + Programming Decision Sheet
1. The Headstrong Screen and Programming Rules
2. The Headstrong Screen
3. Green, Amber and Red Response Rules
4. Downloadable Decision Sheet
5. From the Screen to the First Session
1. The Four Headstrong Protocols
2. Breathing and Regulation Domain
3. Progressive Resistance Training
1. Exercise Prescription in the Headstrong Program: A Practical Introduction
2. Reset and Build: Headstrong Programming Phases
3. Purpose-Driven Exercise Prescription
4. The 2-Week Reset
5. The 8-Week Build
6. Progression, Regression and Flare-Up Management
7. From Headstrong Screen to Reset, Build, and Independent Management
8. Downloadable: Reset Planning Sheet
9. Downloadable: Headstrong Build Planning Sheet
10. Downloadable: Weekly Response Tracker
1. Applying Headstrong Frameworks Across Headache Presentations
2. Tension-Type Headache: Applied Programming Framework
3. Cervicogenic Headache Pattern: Applied Programming Framework
4. Migraine Presentation: Threshold and Tolerance Programming Framework
5. Mixed, Unclear, or Changing Headache Presentations
6. Headstrong Programming Decision Guide
1. Lifestyle Factors and Headache Management
2. Identifying Patterns Without Blaming Triggers
3. Supporting Sustainable Behaviour Change
4. Staying Within Scope and Knowing When to Refer
5. Lifestyle and Activity Review Worksheet
1. Teaching Exercise Using Show–Tell–Do
2. The HEAD Coaching Model
3. Effective Cueing, Feedback, and Building Confidence
4. Common Coaching Challenges and How to Respond
5. The Headstrong Consultation Flow
6. Responding to Common Coaching Challenges
7. Delivering Individual and Group Headstrong Sessions
8. Downloadable: Headstrong Session Planning Sheet
1. Delivering the Headstrong Method via Telehealth
2. Downloadable: Telehealth Session Safety and Delivery Checklist.
1. How to Use the Exercise Library: Warm Up
2. Shoulder Rolls
3. Arm Circles
4. Torso Twists
5. Cat and Cow Stretch
6. Hip Circles
7. Leg Swings
8. Ankle Circles
9. Gluteal Bridges
10. Lateral Leg Raises
1. Cervical Mobility and Stretches
2. Thoracic Mobility Drill
3. Foam Rolling: What You Need to Know
4. Foam Roller Exercises: Thoracic Spine
5. Serratus Anterior Wall Slides
6. Cervical Spine Roll
7. Posture and Movement – Why Mobility Matters for Headaches
1. How to Use the Exercise Library: Stretching
2. Warm up: Neck Stretches
3. Dynamic Neck Stretches
4. Cervical Lateral Flexion Stretch
5. Levator Scapulae Stretch
6. Thoracic/Chest Mobility and Stretches
7. Doorway Pec Stretch
8. Overhead Triceps Stretch
9. Rhomboid Stretch
10. Kneeling Prayer Latissimus Dorsi Stretch
11. Kneeling Latissimus Dorsi Stretch
12. Egyptian Shoulder Mobility Drill
13. Book Openers
1. How to Use the Exercise Library: Resistance Bands
2. Shoulder Shrugs
3. Single Arm External Rotation
4. Thumbs Up Band Pull Aparts
5. Bicep Curl
6. Bilateral Forward Flexion
7. Lateral Raises
8. Overhead Press
9. Upright Rows
10. Standing Rows
11. Seated Rows
12. Chest Press (Lying)
13. Chest Press (Standing)
14. Serratus Anterior Punches
15. Serratus Anterior Alphabets
16. Deadlifts
17. Cervical Retraction
18. Cervical Rotations
1. Certification Requirements and Pathways
2. Written Case Assessment
3. Video Submission Requirements
4. Competency Standards and Assessment Rubric
5. Assessment Outcomes, Resubmission, and Appeals
6. Certification Submission Checklist

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$495.00
109 lessons
0.5 hours of video content

Headstrong Practitioner Certification Exercise and Movement Strategies for Headache and Migraine Support

Course curriculum

Module 1 :Start Here & Welcome

Module 2: Safety, Headache Types and Clinical Reasoning

Module 3 : Evidence, Mechanisms and Outcome Measures

Module 4: The Headstrong Screen and Programming Rules

Module 5: Headstrong Programming Protocols

Module 6 Program Design- The 2- Week Reset and 8- Week Build

Module 7: Applied Programming Frameworks for Common Presentations

Module 8: Lifestyle and Trigger Management

Module 9: Teaching the Headstrong Method

Module 10: Telehealth

Module 11: Exercise Library - Warm Up

Module 12: Exercise Library - Mobility and Foam Rolling

Module 13: Exercise Library - Stretching

Module 14: Exercise Library - Resistance Bands

Module 15: Certification

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