Patient Tips And Tricks Blog

Many of you have probably tried taking melatonin for sleep, as it is one of the body's natural sleep chemicals.  But did you know that melatonin is also a powerful antioxidant and can be used to prevent migraines?  Melatonin taken nightly, one hour before bedtime, can improve your sleep and can also reduce the frequency and severity of your migraine headaches! ...

Magnesium is an electrolyte that knows how to multitask in the body.  Dr. Howe uses magnesium to help control migraine headaches by blocking pain transmitting chemicals in the brain and stabilizing the firing of brain neurons.  Magnesium is also helpful for muscle spasm and muscle cramps because it helps to stabilize the muscle membrane.  Magnesium can be taken as a supplement,...

SROSM's neurologist, Dr. Howe, gives us tips for headache pain.  

Many of our patients continue driving well into the later stages of life.  Driving allows patients to stay socially engaged and independent. However, research has shown that with aging, the risk for crash significantly increases beyond the age of 70. Aging affects 4 major areas of function that are important for safe driving: vision, visual perception, physical function, and cognition/memory. Age-related changes in...

Many of my patients are living with frequent migraine headaches, and frequently the headaches end up dictating the patient’s lifestyle. Very often the patient will have missed work days or ruined weekends/vacations due to the pain experienced with their migraines. There are simple changes that you can make on your own without prescription medications to get your migraines under better control. ...