Treating Your Headaches - How Occipital Nerve Blocks Can Help

If you have chronic headaches or migraines you know that simple aspirin does not always relieve the pain. It also does not prevent your headaches from returning. In order to treat headaches, doctors at our top pain clinic in Orange County may recommend various treatment options depending on the severity.

One of the treatment options the pain management doctors in Orange County, CAis the occipital nerve block. The occipital nerve block helps manage the pain in the back or side of the head, migraines or cluster headaches, spondylosis or an inflamed nerve in the skull. An occipital nerve block is when pain relief medication or a steroid is injected into the part of the skull where the occipital nerve crosses.

So how is an occipital nerve block performed? We perform this treatment in our pain clinics in Orange County and Los Angeles. The doctor will numb the area and then perform the nerve block. The steroids injected will relieve the pain in your head. However, if the first nerve block does not relieve the pain, additional nerve blocks may be necessary to alleviate the pain.

Patients should be able to return to their normal activities after an occipital nerve block. They may feel temporary pain in the injection area, but by applying ice to the area the pain should subside.

At Advanced Pain Management and Wellness, we focus on each patient individually. We develop a custom treatment plan based on your condition and medical history. In addition to occipital nerve blocks, we also provide over 30 treatment options for back, neck, shoulder, and joint pain.

If you are suffering from cluster headaches or migraines, visit our pain management doctors in Orange County CA today. For more information on our doctors and treatment options, visit our website at http://advancedpainandwellnessmd.com/. To schedule an appointment at our Orange County or Los Angeles clinic, call 855-572-4637 today.