Headaches

Types of headaches and treatments

There are dozens of different types of headaches and migraines, but they generally fall into one of four categories:

• Migraine headaches
• Sinus headaches
• Tension headaches
• Cluster headaches

The headache experts across Texas on the Baylor Scott & White medical staff have been trained in comprehensive headache care and use a detailed patient history and examination, along with advanced technologies, to help determine the cause, type and way forward for headache relief. 

Sometimes, the solutions are relatively simple, but often, managing headache symptoms involves a variety of approaches that must be balanced. Headache treatment options may include:

• Diet changes
  
• Exercise
• Herbal remedies
• Stress management
• Medications
• Rest in a quiet, dark environment
• Avoid known triggers, such as certain foods and beverages, lack of sleep and fasting
• Biofeedback
• Psychiatry
• Mindfulness meditation
• Sleep medicine evaluation
• Physical/occupational therapy
• Individual/group therapy
• Injections, including Botox, nerve blocks and trigger point injections