Types of Headaches Suitable for Treatment

At Rosh Ragua we treat all types of headaches, including:

• Migraines
• Trigeminal autonomic cephalgia (for example: cluster headache, trigeminal neuralgia)

Primary versus secondary headaches

There are two general types of headaches: primary headaches and secondary headaches. The vast majority of people with headaches (> 90%) have primary headaches, which include headaches such as migraines. Secondary headaches, which are much less common (< 10%), are caused by a specific medical condition, such as sinus disease, infection, head injury, vascular disease, infection, brain tumor, etc.

Before coming for treatment with us, if you have not already done so, we strongly recommend that you have your headache evaluated by a neurologist. They will attempt to determine the cause of the pain and determine whether it could be related to another medical condition that needs to be treated.

So, even though more than 90% of headaches are not caused by a specific medical situation,  before we treat your headache, we want to be sure that we’re not treating only the symptom of a more serious medical illness.