In PainMed Clinic Occipital Nerve Block Injection is given by pain specialist in Sydney. that provide relief from headache pain & provide Long-Term Pain Relief. Headache
What is an Occipital Nerve Block – Diagnostic?
An Occipital Nerve Block is a procedure used to provide pain relief to patients with chronic headache syndromes. While the primary aim of this procedure is to provide a diagnosis in terms of the nerves that may be causing the patient pain, more often we find that this procedure has a therapeutic effect providing good quality short to medium term pain relief.
How is an Occipital Nerve Block performed?
An Occipital Nerve Block is a relatively simple and usually a very safe procedure that is done in the pain clinic. Usually two nerves are blocked, the lesser and greater occipital nerves.
These nerves are located above the patient’s neck area, at the back of their head. The specialist will start by using an antiseptic solution to clean the area. The skin is numbed with a local anaesthetic. A combination of a long acting local anaesthetic and steroid is injected around the nerve.
Will an Occipital Nerve Block Provide Long-Term Pain Relief?
This nerve block is primarily a diagnostic injection to plan further definitive therapy. Occasionally patients may have long-lasting benefits after an Occipital Nerve Block. However, more commonly, patients get an immediate reduction in pain levels due to the local anaesthetic effects. The steroid injected then starts to take effect in a couple of days at which point patients notice a reduction in intensity of their headache episodes and also reduced frequency of these episodes lasting for few weeks to months.
Will I need additional Occipital Nerve Blocks?
In most cases, patients experience relief in their headaches after a single procedure. Sometimes in the event that the physician isn’t sure about proceeding with PRF lesioning, it is advisable to get the procedure repeated to ascertain the effectiveness of the intervention prior to proceeding with PRF.
What happens after an Occipital Nerve Block?
Depending on the outcome your specialist may choose to repeat the block if it provided a reasonable long-term benefit or proceed with a Pulsed radiofrequency treatment of the occipital nerve. This will prolong the duration of the block by stunning the nerves.
Headache
What is an Occipital Nerve Block – Diagnostic?
An Occipital Nerve Block is a procedure used to provide pain relief to patients with chronic headache syndromes. While the primary aim of this procedure is to provide a diagnosis in terms of the nerves that may be causing the patient pain, more often we find that this procedure has a therapeutic effect providing good quality short to medium term pain relief.
How is an Occipital Nerve Block performed?
An Occipital Nerve Block is a relatively simple and usually a very safe procedure that is done in the pain clinic. Usually two nerves are blocked, the lesser and greater occipital nerves.
These nerves are located above the patient’s neck area, at the back of their head. The specialist will start by using an antiseptic solution to clean the area. The skin is numbed with a local anaesthetic. A combination of a long acting local anaesthetic and steroid is injected around the nerve.
Will an Occipital Nerve Block Provide Long-Term Pain Relief?
This nerve block is primarily a diagnostic injection to plan further definitive therapy. Occasionally patients may have long-lasting benefits after an Occipital Nerve Block. However, more commonly, patients get an immediate reduction in pain levels due to the local anaesthetic effects. The steroid injected then starts to take effect in a couple of days at which point patients notice a reduction in intensity of their headache episodes and also reduced frequency of these episodes lasting for few weeks to months.
Will I need additional Occipital Nerve Blocks?
In most cases, patients experience relief in their headaches after a single procedure. Sometimes in the event that the physician isn’t sure about proceeding with PRF lesioning, it is advisable to get the procedure repeated to ascertain the effectiveness of the intervention prior to proceeding with PRF.
What happens after an Occipital Nerve Block?
Depending on the outcome your specialist may choose to repeat the block if it provided a reasonable long-term benefit or proceed with a Pulsed radiofrequency treatment of the occipital nerve. This will prolong the duration of the block by stunning the nerves.
