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Nerve Block

A nerve block is the injection of a local anesthetic (numbing) drug around a nerve, temporarily inactivating it. This procedure is usually used for the treatment of pain, chronic pain, dental work, or suturing lacerations. In headache treatment, occipital nerve blocks,…

Oxygen Therapy

Oxygen treatment of headaches was first mentioned in literature in 1939. Mr. Charles E. Rhein, Linde Air Products Co., reported to Dr. Alvarez at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN the successful treatment of severe “migraine” attacks by breathing pure…

Chronic Migraine

Chronic migraine best characterizes those patients with a history of migraine who experience headache more than half the time. This condition was previously called Transformed Migraine. However, transformation requires that the sufferer recall precisely how their headaches have changed over…

Hot and Cold Packs/Showers

Ice and heat can be used to lessen the pain of headaches. In general, most sufferers with migraine headache prefer cold packs. Sufferers with tension-type or muscle contraction headaches may prefer warm packs. It depends on the individual sufferer. The…

Trigeminal Neuralgia (Tic Douloureux)

Trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux) generally strikes people over age 50. The head pain is unilateral, very intense, and recurrent, affecting the facial region. It is a sharp, burning type of pain, often set off by touch, chewing, laughing, talking, or…

Chiropractors

Chiropractors are health care professionals that utilize manual therapy as a component of their treatments. Chiropractic manipulation can be of help in relaxing muscles in cases where there is muscle spasm present. Sometimes a chiropractor may refer to the vertebrae…

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