Module 5: SURG0131: Headache, Paediatric and Abdominopelvic Pain Out of all the modules in this degree programme, this was the one I was looking forward to the most. I feel it's only fair to say I was also disappointed. This wasn't because the content was sub-par, far from it, but because the length of the module time-wise wasn’t really long enough to do it justice. I think this module would be better done as 3 single modules to allow for greater depth of the information conveyed. That said, I do appreciate we cover a lot of subjects throughout this degree programme. Headaches are among the top 3 conditions I treat patients for in my osteopathic practice. This is hardly surprising, as according to Page (2011), Approximately 47% of the world’s population suffers from a headache, and 15-20 per cent of those headaches are cervicogenic . I would also agree with their claim that women are 4 times more likely than men to suffer from them. I am known in my area as someone who ...