Headaches that
medication can't end.
You've mapped the triggers and tried medication, hydration, darkened rooms. Some days are manageable; others shut everything down.
5.0 · 56 reviews on GoogleIt's not just a headache.
It's everything it takes from you.
You cancel plans, push through workdays at half capacity, and brace for the next one before it arrives.
Two methods targeting every layer of headache pain.
We treat all three layers of headache pain at once: muscular tension, nervous system dysregulation, and vascular reactivity.
Regulates the nervous system and reduces migraine frequency
Migraine involves nervous system pathways, inflammation, and trigeminal nerve sensitization. Acupuncture regulates all three and is research-backed for migraine prevention.
Releases the muscles reproducing your headache pattern
The suboccipitals, upper trapezius, SCM, and temporalis reproduce temple, eye, and forehead pain with remarkable specificity. Dry needling releases them, often within the same session.
One releases the pattern.
The other keeps it from coming back.
Two independent Cochrane reviews found acupuncture reduced migraine frequency by over 50% and was as effective as preventive drugs for tension headaches, with fewer side effects. Suboccipital trigger points are present in over 90% of tension headache patients.
Common questions about headache and migraine treatment.
Yes. Multiple large studies show acupuncture reduces migraine frequency by 50% or more in a significant number of patients, by regulating the autonomic nervous system and improving vascular regulation. We also treat the muscular component: trigger points in the neck and jaw that lower your migraine threshold. Most patients see frequency drop within 3–4 visits.
Yes. Daily tension headaches are almost always driven by trigger points in the neck and suboccipital muscles, which refer pain into the temples, forehead, and behind the eyes. Dry needling releases them; acupuncture resets the pain threshold. Patients with daily headaches often drop to a few per week within two visits.
Yes, and we don’t ask you to stop anything your doctor has prescribed. Treatment addresses the muscular and neurological drivers directly rather than blocking pain signals chemically, so the two approaches complement each other. Many patients find they need less medication over time.
Tight neck and shoulder muscles are one of the most common migraine triggers. Trigger points in the upper trapezius and suboccipital muscles refer pain into the head and feed the irritability that lowers your migraine threshold. Treating that muscular input does not cure migraine, but for many patients it reduces how often attacks occur.
The usual culprits sit in the upper trapezius, the suboccipitals at the base of the skull, the sternocleidomastoid on the side of the neck, and the temporalis at the temple. Each refers pain in a recognizable pattern: band around the head, pressure behind the eye, ache at the skull base.
A typical treatment timeline.
60–75 minutes.
Migraine intervals often lengthen.
Every case is different. Your plan is tailored to what we find in your assessment.
What resolution looks like for your headaches.
Losing a whole day to one migraine.
The day goes as planned.
Working at half brightness.
Full screens, full days.
Carrying medication everywhere.
Forgetting the pills at home.
Your headaches
have a source.
Let's find it.
5.0 · 56 reviews on Google
Out-of-Network Insurance Accepted: Empire BCBS · Oxford · United Health Care · Cigna · Aetna · Self-Pay Available