Neuromodulation

NEUROMODULATION

OMEGA / REED PROCEDURE

What is the Omega Procedure and the Reed Procedure?

The Reed Procedure and the Omega Procedure are surgical procedures that carry the generic name of Combined Occipital and Supraorbital Nerve Stimulation, a procedure that has resulted in good to excellent results in hundreds of patients as documented in over 90 peer-reviewed medical reports by authors representing over 140 respected institutions, including the US and foreign.

As the name implies, this procedure involves the implantation of stimulator leads over the occipital nerves (cover the back of the head) and supraorbital nerves (cover the forehead). The picture above illustrates stimulating leads over the occipital nerves, which produces Occipital Nerve Stimulation. When these nerves are stimulated by safe, very mild pulses, the patient feels only a mild tingling sensation over these regions. By several proposed mechanisms, the migraines are commonly dramatically eased, often to the point of virtually complete resolution.

While the leads are evident in the picture above, in an actual person they are fully implanted under the skin, so that nothing is visible. In fact, in the great majority of patients, there is simply no evidence that anything is implanted, as typically there are no scars or lumps at all. The patient simply gets to return to full normal life and activities and nobody can tell that anything had happened.

Those patients interested in this procedure can be referred to a local physician for further treatment and implantation.

CEFALY MIGRAINE DEVICE
An Effective and Safe way to get relief from Migraines

Most migraines involve the trigeminal nerve, the largest and most complex cranial nerve. The top branch of the trigeminal nerve can be accessed through the skin on the forehead.

An External Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation device (e-TNS), CEFALY sends tiny electrical impulses through a self-adhesive electrode placed on the forehead to stimulate the trigeminal nerve, reducing the frequency and intensity of migraine attacks.

GAMMACORE VAGAL NERVE STIMULATOR

GammaCore activates the vagus nerve with patented, gentle electrical stimulation.

The vagus nerve is an important highway of communication between your brain and many parts of the body
The vagus nerve plays an important role in regulating pain

Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation with gammaCore is believed to help block the pain signals that cause migraine and cluster attacks.

Unlike traditional vagus nerve stimulation therapies, gammaCore stimulates the nerve non-invasively through the skin without the need for surgery.

Avoids many drug-like side effects and inconveniences associated with injectable, inhaled, or pill-based medicines.

NERIVIO REMOTE ELECTRICAL NEUROMULATION

Nerivio is an innovative remote electrical neuromodulation (REN) wearable for the acute treatment of migraine applied to the upper-arm. It is controlled by an app on your smart phone and delivers up to 45 minutes of stimulation designed to block usual headache pain pathways and abort migraine pain. You can continue about your usual activities while wearing the Nerivio device and it cuts off automatically when finished.