According to Cleveland Clinic, approximately 12-percent of adults in the United States suffer from migraines, and an even larger percentage experience chronic headaches each year.
Headaches and migraines can be triggered by various factors including stress, hormonal changes, environmental issues, certain types of food, poor sleep, and neurological imbalances.
Headache and migraine treatment will vary depending on each person’s triggers and symptoms, although it traditionally includes pain medications, preventive therapies, and lifestyle modifications.
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for chronic headaches and migraines is a new approach that is used when other treatments have not been successful, and it can be combined with traditional methods.
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation is a non-invasive therapy with minimal side effects compared to medications and other treatment approaches.
Chronic headaches and migraines can disrupt normal pain processing, sensory perception, and neuronal excitability associated with proper nervous system function.
Pain medications aren't effective for everyone, and some people experience treatment-resistant migraines. Others develop medication overuse headaches or uncomfortable side effects.
Conventional pain medications take time to provide relief and only work if an individual continues taking them, while certain types of prescription drugs can lead to dependency.
TMS for migraines and headaches often works more quickly than other treatments and provides continues relief after completing the appropriate therapy sessions.
TMS targets specific areas of the brain to reduce the pain, frequency, and intensity of chronic headaches and migraines more effectively than medication alone.
Alyne Wellness uses Personalized Repetitive TMS for headache and migraine treatment, known as PrTMS. It offers advanced assessments and monitoring not available with standard TMS therapy.
TMS treatment for headaches and migraines can improve the following:
TMS treatment for migraines and headaches uses electromagnetic pulses to directly stimulate areas of the brain related to pain processing and nerve cell excitability.
It works in the same way as TMS therapy for dementia, insomnia, anxiety, depression, and other conditions.
After placing the TMS device over the head, it delivers magnetic pulses that stimulate the brain and optimize neuronal activity in the targeted areas to reduce pain signals and prevent migraine cascades.
PrTMS at Alyne Wellness begins with a thorough brainwave and neurocognitive assessment not available with other TMS providers.
Instead of using the same settings for everyone, our treatment protocols are customized for the unique needs of each client for improved healing of headache and migraine symptoms.
Personalized Repetitive TMS (PrTMS) uses the most effective frequency and intensity of magnetic pulses for optimal pain relief and prevention.
TMS stimulation normalizes activity in the specific regions of the brain that are identified in the client assessment to interrupt the pain cycle and reduce nerve cell excitability that leads to migraines.
Personalized Repetitive TMS offers more precise targeting than other forms of transcranial magnetic stimulation for headaches and migraines. More precise targeting leads to more successful outcomes.
Personalized Repetitive TMS for headaches and migraines provides benefits not found with treatments like medications and lifestyle interventions.
Pain medications are one the most common forms of treatment for chronic headaches and migraines. Unfortunately, many patients develop medication overuse headaches, or they stop being effective after long-term use.
Prescription drugs aren’t the best solution for everyone, and some people experience unhealthy side effects or dependency, which makes TMS a healthier alternative.
TMS is a safe treatment therapy that doesn’t require the use of implants, surgery, anesthesia, or other invasive approaches.
The patient resumes normal daily activities after each session with no downtime or recovery period.
People who are treatment-resistant do not respond well to traditional headache and migraine therapies and often find relief with transcranial magnetic stimulation for managing the debilitating symptoms.
Unlike other headache and migraine treatments that affect the entire body, TMS is highly targeted to only stimulate the precise areas of the brain involved in pain processing and healing.
Headache and migraine medications and preventive therapies can take weeks or months to be effective, but it’s common for TMS patients to notice an improvement very quickly after starting treatment.
Pain medications cease working immediately after a person stops taking them. The long-term effects of TMS continue to work after treatment sessions have finished, with many people reporting reduced headache and migraine frequency months after treatment.
Alyne Wellness uses Personalized Repetitive TMS combined with EEG brainwave assessments that are individualized for each patient’s unique needs. Our continuous monitoring and adjustments are not offered by other TMS treatment providers.
TMS for headaches and migraines targets precise areas of the brain affected by pain to reduce the frequency, intensity, and duration of attacks, while improving cognitive function, productivity, and quality of life.
To learn more about Personalized Repetitive TMS for Headache and Migraine Treatment, contact Alyne Wellness for a consultation.