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Background: Within the range of headache diseases, cervicogenic headaches pose a unique difficulty. It is characterized by pain that radiates from the cervical spine to the brain known to have complex musculoskeletal and neurological etiology, the upper cervical spine more especially, the suboccipital region is oftentimes identified as a key anatomical location involved in the origin of severe headaches. The suboccipital region is home to an intricate network of neuronal pathways, muscles, and ligaments. This region's dysfunction is frequently cause cervicogenic headaches, which is how the skull base release approach came to be. This therapy approach targets the musculoskeletal structures and neural pathways within the upper cervical spine particularly in order to address these subtleties. Materials and Methods: The Study Design is Experimental study design which includes age ranged from 18 to 30.The 60 subjects was selected on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria and equally divided into two groups Group A (15 men and 15 women by using topical analgesics in conjunction with cranial base release) Group B consisted of (15 male and 15 female patients who only underwent cranial base release). They complained of headaches when they went to the Mittal Hospital in Aligarh; a neurologist diagnosed them and recommended physiotherapy. Every patient got information regarding potential risks and give their informed consent to participate. Results: The result shows that values of pre-test and post-test NPRS scores reduced significantly thus concluding experimental Group A was significant than experimental group B. The experimental group A is significant than control group B. Conclusion: This study investigated the effectiveness of cranio-base release with or without topical analgesic in cervicogenic headache among young adults. The experimental group-A i.e. topical analgesic with CBR reduced pain significantly as compared to pre and post test. Both genders received the same level of prognosis in this investigation. Hence, null hypothesis is rejected and alternate hypothesis is accepted.