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Occipital Neuralgia

Brain & Nervous System | Last Active: Jan 31 1:09pm | Replies (119)

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@authorchris

Thank you for your suggestion. I did check on Occipital Release Therapy - specifically, the John Barnes method. There is one practitioner near me. Unfortunately, she charges $160/session and does not take insurance nor is the registered with Medicare. Although the treatment sounded promising, this is not within my budget. The first round of Botox was not helpful at all. In fact, I'm just recovering from a month-long bout of O.N. The constant pain nearly killed me. The second round is scheduled for end of May. I'll do it, but I'm not very hopeful. My neurologist had never heard of occipital release therapy although it is offered by 2 hospitals here in the Los Angeles area.

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@authorchris it may be worth asking your doctor if using a suboccipital release device would be approved as an alternative to a session that is financially out of your budget, as well as safe for you. Amazon carries a variety of devices that are in the neighborhood of $20-40.

- Amazon: Suboccipital Release Devices
https://www.amazon.com/suboccipital-release-device/s?k=suboccipital+release+device
Have you ever seen these?

I had occipital headaches from a couple of head and neck injuries. I see a pain management doctor who has successfully done two radio frequency ablations for me. The first was good for two years. I'm in my second year now for the latest one.