by MAPS Centers For Pain Control | Jul 24, 2026 | Headaches & Migraines
Summary: If your migraines cluster predictably around your period, that pattern has a physiological explanation: falling estrogen levels trigger attacks in susceptible people. Hormonal migraines tend to be more severe, last longer, and respond less reliably to...
by MAPS Centers For Pain Control | Jul 22, 2026 | Headaches & Migraines
Summary: A headache nerve block involves injecting a local anesthetic, often with a corticosteroid, around a specific nerve that transmits pain signals to the head. Beyond providing relief, a nerve block serves a diagnostic purpose: how your pain responds tells your...
by MAPS Centers For Pain Control | Jul 20, 2026 | Headaches & Migraines
Summary: Medication overuse headache, also called rebound headache, develops when frequent use of acute pain medication starts driving the very headaches it’s meant to relieve. It happens to patients following instructions as written, not people misusing...
by MAPS Centers For Pain Control | Jul 17, 2026 | Headaches & Migraines
Summary: Botox is FDA-approved specifically for chronic migraine, meaning 15 or more headache days per month, and it works differently than most people assume. Rather than simply relaxing muscles, Botox interrupts the release of pain-signaling chemicals involved in...
by MAPS Centers For Pain Control | Jul 15, 2026 | Headaches & Migraines
Summary: Where a headache hurts, how often it happens, and what seems to trigger it can offer real clues about what’s driving it, but location alone was never meant to be a diagnosis. Most headache patterns are manageable and treatable, though certain red flags,...
