Headache, Migraine & Facial Pain 

Headache & Facial Pain Treatment Expertise  

You benefit from comprehensive treatment and a team approach to your care. The neurology team includes neurologists, neurosurgeons, anesthesiologists, advanced nurse practitioners, pain management specialists, physical therapists and other providers who focus on your health and well-being. We offer a treatment plan tailored to your specific needs.  

Head & Facial Pain Conditions We Treat 

The neurology team has advanced experience treating head and facial nerve pain disorders. We use a variety of diagnostic testing, including advanced imaging tests, to discover the cause of your pain and develop a treatment plan. We offer expert care to help you get back to your life — without pain.  

We treat a full range of conditions, including: 

• Cluster headaches – Develop quickly and occur regularly over a certain period (cluster periods), causing severe pain around one eye and the side of your head. They can occur over a period that lasts weeks or months, followed by a period without headaches. 
• Chronic headaches – Happen at least 15 days a month, lasting longer than three months. Long-lasting chronic headaches (more than four hours) include chronic migraine, chronic tension headache, new daily persistent headache, and hemicrania continua. 
• Idiopathic intracranial hypertension – Cerebrospinal fluid buildup around your brain, which increases pressure inside your skull. It causes a severe headache, vision changes, tiredness, nausea and vomiting.  
• Migraine – Headache that causes intense, throbbing pain that usually happens on one side of your head, but it can affect both sides. A migraine attack can last anywhere from a few hours to days and can also have other symptoms such as vomiting, nausea and heightened sensitivity to sound and light. 
• Tension headache – Moderate aching pain and pressure around your head. It may also cause soreness in your scalp, neck and shoulders. It often causes symptoms on the side of your head that’s affected, such as eye redness and tearing, a droopy eyelid or a runny nose in one nostril. Tension headaches are the most common headache type. 
• Trigeminal neuralgia – Facial pain, similar to an electric shock on one side of your face, caused by a problem with the trigeminal nerve (located near your temples, in front of your ear). Even a minor touch or movement of your face can cause pain.

Nonsurgical Treatments for Headache & Facial Pain 

We offer a full range of treatments to improve symptoms of headaches and facial nerve disorders. Your doctor may use one or more approaches to help you feel better. 

Education 

Your doctor may ask you to keep a journal about when you have pain, how long it lasts, and what you were doing beforehand. This information helps discover headache causes, such as alcohol, caffeine, stress, lack of sleep, particular foods or additives — such as monosodium glutamate (MSG) — or other common headache triggers. 

Lifestyle Changes 

Often, making lifestyle changes can help prevent headaches. You can get expert guidance to improve your diet, reduce stress, sleep better and begin exercising. 

Medicines 

We use a variety of over-the-counter and prescription medicines to treat pain, including Botox injections to numb muscles involved in migraine and facial pain. Doctors also use hormone therapy to treat headaches caused by hormonal imbalances.

Peripheral Nerve Injections 

Nerve injections numb nerves on your scalp and other areas to relieve facial pain and chronic headaches. This approach can help relieve pain for weeks or months. 

Minimally Invasive Pain Relief Approaches 

If lifestyle changes and other nonsurgical treatments can’t relieve pain and symptoms, we provide minimally invasive procedures to treat head and facial pain. You and your doctor will decide what’s best for you. 

When To See an Expert for a Headache  

It’s not unusual to get headaches now and then, and typically they go away on their own. They can develop for many reasons, including stress, lack of sleep, hormonal changes and illness. 

However, you should get immediate care if you have: 

• A sudden, severe headache that worsens even after resting or taking pain medicine. 
• A headache and confusion, trouble talking, seizure, vision problems, neck stiffness, weakness or numbness. 
• Recently had a head injury. 

You should make an appointment with your doctor if you: 

• Have two or more headaches weekly. 
• Take pain relievers most days for your headaches, and you need to take more than the recommended dose to get pain relief. 
• Have worsening pain or the frequency or duration of the headaches change. 
• Have severe headaches that impact your quality of life.