Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann knows the pain of a migraine. In fact, so seriously do these headaches affect people, and their reputation is widespread, the politician had to reassure the public. This according to the Huffington Post on July 19th.

"Let me be abundantly clear – my ability to function effectively has never been impeded by migraines and will not affect my ability to serve as commander in chief," Bachmann said in a statement issued through her campaign. She also read the prepared remarks aloud during a campaign stop in South Carolina.

The Institute for Advanced Reconstruction could likely offer Ms. Bachmann some assistance. Botox treatment for migraines, available at our practice, has proved successful enough to have gained approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

According to migraine treatment expert Dr. Matthew Kaufman, "We perform hundreds of therapeutic botox injections for migraine sufferers, most of whom report anywhere from moderate to significant improvement in both the frequency and intensity of their headaches. All of our patients are also under the care of a neurologist or other headache specialist to coordinate other forms of therapy.

Botox relaxes muscles around the face and neck. There is a theory that migraine headaches are caused by inflammation in the small nerves and blood vessels in different parts of the head, and so by reducing pressure around the nerves, there is less inflammation in those blood vessels, and less headaches occur."

In addition, in selected cases, and those who have been successful with Botox, we perform minimally invasive surgical procedure for "trigger point site release."

"Trigger point release is a procedure that permanently may reduce or relieve migraine headaches. It is basically the surgical equivalent of what botox does on a temporary basis - relieving pressure on the small nerves in the areas where the headaches occur. The surgery is minimally invasive and done on an outpatient basis."

We have now treated between 10 and 20 patients with various types of migraine headaches, including a condition called occipital neuralgia. The vast majority of those treated have experienced some benefit, usually manifesting as a reduction in the intensity and frequency of headaches. A few patients have actually been completely cured of their headaches altogether."

We care about pain management, and understand the desire for migraine suffers to explore relief. That's why we employ these cutting-edge procedures when possible.