Headaches

HEADACHE TREATMENT IN THE ATLANTA, GEORGIA AREA

According to the latest research, 9% of men and 12% of women in the U.S. experience at least 1-2 headache episodes per month. And, more than 4% of the U.S. population suffers from frequent headaches, defined as headaches that occur at least 180 days a year. Needless to say, headaches have become a social and economic burden in the United States, as well as other parts of the world.

Scientists have identified over 300 causes for headaches. Various pain-sensitive structures and tissues including the skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscles, arteries, periosteal bone covering, and the upper cervical and facial nerves produce headaches when irritated or injured. Fortunately, only a handful of causes are responsible for the majority of headaches.

Headache Treatment — Atlanta, Georgia — Nexgen Medical Centers

If you are experiencing unusual headaches as a result of an accident or injury, our interventional pain management doctors are here to help you right away. Headaches are not always caused by direct trauma to the head or neck area.  Scientists have identified over 300 causes of headaches. Various pain-sensitive structures and tissues including the skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscles, arteries, periosteal bone covering, and the upper cervical and facial nerves produce headaches when irritated or injured. Fortunately, only a handful of causes are responsible for the majority of headaches.

NexGen Medical Centers has five locations in the Atlanta metro area to treat your temporary or chronic headache. Visit our location in either Atlanta, East Cobb, McDonough, Riverdale or Cumming to treat the pain in your head. We help identify the root cause, and come up with a plan to eliminate the headaches for good. 

Headache Treatment — Atlanta, Georgia — Nexgen Medical Centers

The most common of these headaches include:

  • Cervicogenic- problems within the neck
  • Post-traumatic- following head/neck trauma, i.e. whiplash
  • Drug-induced- from analgesic overuse
  • Migraines
  • Cluster
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