Peripheral nerve blocks (PNBs) have long been employed in the treatment of various primary and secondary headache disorders (1), are increasingly used in general neurological practice (2) and may be utilized by up to 69% of practitioners with expertise in the treatment of headache disorders (3). The mechanism for PNBs in the treatment of headache disorders is not known. Clearly, the treatment e...

Study objectives: Comparison of efficacy of Myofascial release and positional release therapy in tension type headache. Design: Comparative study. Setting: All the subjects were included from various clinics, hospitals and community in dehradun. Method: Total of 28 subjects was recruited for study on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria after signing the informed consent form. Subjects...

It is new clear that the brain of headache sufferers are different from those people without headache, theimaging study showed thickening in specific area related to communication sensory processingcalled somatosensory cortex (post central region) this we examine 36 patient, 28 them haveheadache variable duration, 8 healthy patient used as control (i.e. has no headache). The result foundthat th...

Migraine is, essentially, an episodic disease. However, characteristics of headache of some episodic migraine change like as tension-type headache and number of headache days also increased, as a result, develop into chronic migraine.However, it is difficult to distinguish chronic migraine and medication oversuse headache. For this reason, and because of the general rule, The international Clas...

BACKGROUND Medically intractable chronic migraine (CM) is a disabling illness characterized by headache ≥15 days per month. METHODS A multicenter, randomized, blinded, controlled feasibility study was conducted to obtain preliminary safety and efficacy data on occipital nerve stimulation (ONS) in CM. Eligible subjects received an occipital nerve block, and responders were randomized to adjust...

INTRODUCTION Migraine is a complex disorder of the brain characterized by severe headache, photophobia, phonophobia, and nausea. This case report demonstrated the reduction of a 49-year-old female's chronic migraine symptoms after 12 weeks of Vojta/Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS) therapy. METHODS Vojta/DNS treatment occurred either in the office or at home over a 12-week period. Sym...

Little is known about the long-term effects of homeopathic treatment. Following a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of classical homeopathy in chronic headaches, we conducted a complete follow-up study of all trial participants. All patients enrolled in the double-blind study were sent a 6-week headache diary, a follow-up questionnaire. Eighty-seven of the original 98 patients enrolled ret...

AIM This randomized, controlled trial examined the medium-term effectiveness of online behavioral training in migraine self-management (oBT; N = 195) versus waitlist control (WLC; N = 173) on attack frequency, indicators of self-management (primary outcomes), headache top intensity, use of rescue medications, quality of life and disability (secondary outcomes). METHODS An online headache diar...