FACIAL PAIN
Dr. Amy M. O’Donnell offers evidence-based treatment for Facial Pain
Atypical facial pain (AFP) includes a wide variety of facial pain problems. AFP may also be described as poorly localized, typically involving the nose, eye, cheek, temple and jaw. Some practitioners have assigned this diagnostic label to any condition of facial pain in which pain simultaneously crosses the mid-line of the face, or otherwise fails to fit recognized patterns of other identified facial pain syndromes.
The predominant age affected by this condition is 30-60 years and the predominant sex is female.
MLS laser therapy can be very effective in reducing all types of face pain. A typical treatment would last anywhere from 5-10 minutes for each area of the face that is affected. The number of treatments required depends on the Dr. O’Donnell’s diagnosis of the source of your pain. Periodic maintenance treatments can keep face pain at bay for years.
In many cases of facial pain, the source is actually the neck or back of head in which case Trigger point Dry Needling is effective in relieving pain in the face.