Chronic Migraine & Facial Pain Resources

You need resources when managing chronic migraines, headaches and facial pain. Because it is permanent and incurable, you may reach a point when your healthcare professional says, “There is nothing more I can do for you.” Then you need to become your own best advocate.

Head pain disrupts every aspect of your life. Every single day. May these resources help bring answers to you and healing. And remember that healed does not equal cured.

RESOURCES

Research helps you know that you are not alone. Support is available in so many places even when you feel ready to give up!

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Organizations, Foundations, and Associations

CHRONIC PAIN INFORMATION SITES

• American Chronic Pain Association
• Johns Hopkins Medicine 
• Persistent Pain Toolkit – Providence Health and Services
• PubMed – US Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Here’s an article to get you started. How does distraction work in the management of Pain?
• U.S. Pain Foundation – Here is a 5-minute video of how that US Pain Foundation’s accepted on living with Trigeminal Neuralgia in 2019.
• Watch Lorimer Mosley’s “Why Things Hurt” for great information on the new understanding of pain.

MIGRAINES/HEADACHES

• American Migraine Foundation
• Migraine.com
• National Headache Foundation
• US Pain Foundation
• American Headache Society
• Everyday Health
• International Headache Society

FACIAL PAIN

• The Facial Pain Association – This was the first resource I used to help me understand trigeminal, occipital and glossopharyngeal neuralgia.
• The TMJ Association, Ltd.
• OHSU Brain Institute
• Stanford Medicine Facial Pain Program
• American Headache Society – this is great information no matter what country you live in.
• Cedars Sinai Facial Pain
• Mayo Clinic Trigeminal Neuralgia

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Gail Sinclair, MHt, CNC is a hypnotherapist who helps those living with chronic pain go from discomfort to thriving by using hypnosis, pain management tools and resources.

She is a Master Hypnotherapist, Nutritional Consultant, and a Reiki Master Teacher. She has over 20 years in healing work and is an international award-winning speaker.

Gail lives in Portland, OR with her delightful husband, son, and cat. She can be found cooking, knitting, writing, and figuring out new ways to thrive with Trigeminal, and Occipital Neuralgia.

You can reach her at gailthriveswithchronicpain@gmail.com.