Corewell Health Headache Center

Headache is one of the most common neurological illnesses and affects more than 39 million Americans each year. It is the 2nd leading cause of all disability around the world.

We are proud to be the first comprehensive headache center within West Michigan, and we are excited for the opportunity to participate in your care. Our goal is to partner with you in creating an individualized treatment plan to improve your headaches and improve your quality of life. Our program takes a multidisciplinary approach, meaning a team of individuals will care for you. Our team is made up of highly trained neurologists, a pain psychologist, nurse practitioners, pharmacists. Your medical team will all work together to give you the best care possible. You should be prepared for a treatment plan that includes lifestyle and behavior modification and counseling, psychological counseling and treatment, and medical management including both preventive and acute medication treatment options.

To prepare our patients to the best of our ability and to ensure optimum response to treatments available, the program requires all new patients are to complete the following steps before seeing our providers.

After you have completed the preclinical work, you will be scheduled for a consult appointment with one of the neurologists within the program. At your appointment, you will discuss different treatment options with the provider. A treatment plan includes the medications, procedures, therapies, lifestyle choices, devices, etc. that you choose to use as treatment for your headache or migraines.

Your treatment plan depends on your medical history and the type of headache you have (cluster, tension or migraine) insurance restrictions, etc. . Your headache specialist may prescribe medicine or suggest over-the-counter medicine to reduce the onset of symptoms or stop a headache in progress. See potential treatment options below.