Here at the North Carolina Comprehensive Headache Clinic near Rex Hospital, we are seeing a large number of patients who are convinced that they have sinus headaches, yet they are not getting well with sinus treatment. The good news is that recent studies have clarified the relationship between “sinus problems” and migraine- and this understanding …
Dr. Charles Matthews, a neurologist who established the North Carolina Comprehensive Headache Clinic 25 years ago, has devoted most of his professional life to helping patients find different paths for the relief and cure of headache. “All the headaches that you have can be blamed on your parents (you can tell them I said so); …
Is there a strong link between toxic substances and headaches? According to Dr. Charles Matthews, a neurologist, founder of the North Carolina Comprehensive Headache Clinic, and nationally recognized as a leading expert in diagnosing and treating headache, the answer is a qualified “yes.” >> read more >>
Are there “Eastern” or alternative treatments that are effective in relieving headaches? Who better to answer that question than Dr. Charles Matthews, a neurologist and founder of the North Carolina Comprehensive Headache Clinic, based in Raleigh. Some of the most popular alternative approaches include biofeedback, acupuncture, massage, craniosacral therapy, magnesium supplements, fish oil, vitamin D …
When it comes to healing headaches, Dr. Charles Matthews is recognized as a master far beyond the boundaries of North Carolina. “To get a good diagnosis of a headache, you must get your hands on the head. You need to palpate the structures of the head and neck and really palpate the individual muscles. That …
“Perhaps the first thing that comes to mind when one hears the phrase ‘chronic health conditions’ is headache,” says neurologist Charles Matthews of the North Carolina Comprehensive Headache Clinic. “Millions suffer from headache pain- ranging from episodic bouts to incessant discomfort. Headaches take many forms, have many different causes, and therefore require many kinds of …
When we learned that Dr. Charles Matthews, a neurologist and founder of the North Carolina Comprehensive Headache Clinic, carefully prescribes exercise in the treatment of migraine headaches, we scheduled time to find out more about “movement as therapy.” >> read more >>
A few years ago, a patient asked a very interesting question. Her question stuck with me over the years, and led to a lot of digging in the medical literature on my part in areas not usually associated with neurology. As is often the case, I learned a lot from my patient in the process. …
Headache is more common in women than in men; at the Headache Clinic, the ratio is approximately seven to one. Why do women bear more of the burden of headache than men? Although headache generally is more common in women than in men, this is not true for all types of headache. >> read more …
What causes headache? The answer is, there is no single cause, but many causes of headache and facial pain. Some conditions are immediately serious, such as infections and inflammatory conditions or tumors of the brain, eyes, sinuses, teeth, and neck. Others are potentially serious, such as cerebral aneurysm. Others are related to previously unrecognized medical …