The gesture of removing the helmet indicates the corresponding part of the head in a headache (the back of the head or one of the areas of the forehead).
In posterior cervical sympathetic syndrome, a patient with a headache with sharp muscle tension and multiple pains when turning the head back shows the spread of headaches. To distract the patient from dizziness. Some patients, when they begin their story about headaches with head movement, “I drink so as not to see some faces...”. It is important to consider that removing a helmet is a reflexive movement, usually associated with sharp, recurring pain that often does not bring relief to the patient.