Some CCI+AAI patients experience head and facial pain, other than the characteristic occipital pain and headaches. Some of the diagnoses given for these include Trigeminal neuralgia (TN), Occipital neuralgia (ON) and Temporomandibular Joint Disorder (TMJD) Let's take a closer look: OCCIPITAL NEURALGIA (ON) Occipital neuralgia is irritation or compression of the occipital nerves — primarily the greater, lesser, or third occipital nerves — which emerge from the upper cervical s