It is interesting to know that headaches rank second to the most common cold as the ailment that bothers most people. Over 50 million Americans experience headaches. Though there are many types of headaches, the most common include migraine headaches, cluster headaches, tension, sinusitis, TMG headaches… there is a procedure called The SPHENOPALATINE treatment. This effective procedure provides the patient immediate relief from symptoms. This device and procedure defers from conventional headache prescription medications. Relatively painless and minimally invasive patients who have actually been treated with such procedure rave about its results.
How does it work?
This SphenoPalatine Ganglion is the collection of nerve cells located just under the tissue lining the back of the nose. The SPG nerve bundle has been a specific target for the treatment of severe headache pain over many years. Most doctors don’t administer conventional SPG block due to their invasiveness and their high risk. Innovative concept of the Sphenocath (as one of the alternate procedure used) is that it delivers medication without any needles, cotton swab or systemic narcotic. Medical Integrated clinics have benefited greatly from attracting headache patients using these procedures. Since there are thousands of patients that suffer from migraines headaches who have not found great relief, this is an innovative alternate treatment which can benefit both the patients and the clinic. This in office procedure is painless comfortable and minimally invasive and with limited lower risk. The low costs of procedure are actually covered by most insurances as well as many other payers. This procedure also allows the patients to return to work and resume their daily activities immediately. Medically Integrated clinics have greatly benefited from such procedures being added to their protocol.
