Patients often suffer from new medical discoveries. This happens because in the never ending avalanche of new drugs and procedures often the best treatment becomes lost. We live in a […]
A very significant study (abstract below) showed effectiveness of unilateral occipital nerve blocks in treating a range of different types of disabling headaches in pediatric and adolescent patients. Early and […]
I routinely teach patients how to self Administered SPG Blocks for TMJ disorders, orofacial pain, Myofascial pain ,Migraines, Cluster headaches, Trigeminal neuralgia and many other conditions. The most effective treatment […]
Chronic Migraine, Chronic Daily Headache and Hemicrania Continua: New Study on stopping the cycle of pain is seeking subjects with chronic daily headache, hemicrania continua and migraine pain resistant to […]
A new case report (pubmed abstract below) was just published in Headache, March 2016 Hemicrania Continua discusses a case report of a sufferer responding to repetitive sphenopalatine ganglion blocks. The […]
Tinnitus is a common finding in patients with myogenous headaches according to a recently published article (J Laryngol Otol. 2015 Jun 19:1-6, abstract below) . These headaches can be TMJ […]
It is widely accepted that almost all headaches wether classified as vascular, neurogenic , hormonal or muscular in orgins are caused primarily by the Trigeminal Nervous system. While there are […]
A new article from Headache Jan 20, 2010 from the Carolina Headache Institute (see Pub Med abstract below) on the presence of neck pain in migraine showed that neck pain […]
I hate headaches LLC is a new patient resource for patients looking for relief from chronic headaches and migraines. The website http://www.ihateheadaches.org is a comprehensive review of headache causes and […]