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Happy Mental Health Awareness Month! Resilience is one of the key components to living a successful life with migraine disease and other headache disorders. In honor of this special month, Dr. Lindsay Weitzel and Headache Psychologist Dr. Dawn Buse delve deep into the four ways we can cultivate resilience in our lives. They also address your questions related to the specific challenges this time i...

Dr. Lindsay Weitzel and Shirley Kessel, Executive Director of Miles for Migraine discuss what it is like being moms with migraine. How do we empower our families who are impacted by migraine disease? How do we empower our children who experience migraine? Let's talk about raising the next generation of advocates.

Dr. Matthew Robbins - Neurology Residency Program Director at Weill Cornell Medicine talks to Dr. Lindsay Weitzel about the ideal changes he hopes to see in headache education. Dr. Weitzel asks when we should seek out a specialist, what to look for, and what to do if our doctors did not benefit from a strong headache education. For more information visit www.headaches.org

What can physical therapy do for our headache disorder? Our second episode with Mark Greco, Doctor of Physical Therapy and Manager of the Diamond Headache Inpatient Program, discusses physical therapy options for those of us with post-concussive headache, NDPH, occipital neuralgia, and even TMD.

Did you know that Resilience is a concept that has been shown to strongly benefit our health? Resilience can be taught and is so important in migraine and chronic pain. It is particularly applicable at this time of a global pandemic and quarantine. Dr. Dawn Buse, psychologist specializing in headache, discusses this concept with Dr. Lindsay Weitzel on this episode of Heads Up.

Dr. Lindsay Weitzel discusses with Dr. Vincent Martin some of the tricks of the trade he is using with his patients during this unusual time in history.

The first of our two-part series on PT and headache disorders. Here Dr. Lindsay Weitzel discusses the role of PT in controlling migraine, cervicogenic headache, and dizziness/vestibular troubles with Mark Greco, Physical Therapist and Manager of the Amita Diamond Headache Inpatient Program.

Drs. Rachel Colman and Lindsay Weitzel discuss why caffeine can lead to more migraine in some people, and why sometimes it does help people in the acute headache phase. She also gives us tips on decreasing our caffeine intake without developing caffeine withdrawal symptoms.

Update on progress from Headache on the Hill Advocacy with Katie MacDonald (Executive Director of Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy) and Dr. Lindsay Weitzel. What has been accomplished? How can you get involved from home? How can you get involved next year?

Did you know that there are certain syndromes in childhood that are related to the future development of migraine disease? And that mothers with migraine disease are more likely to have a baby with colic?

Do you get Botox for migraine? Are you thinking about getting it? Dr. Andrew Blumenfeld answers Dr. Weitzel's questions about who should get Botox, how effective it is, how it works, insurance coverage etc.

Dr. Lindsay Weitzel introduces us to Alicia Wolf, the Dizzy Cook. Alicia discusses her journey living with vestibular migraine and the creation of her popular website and new cookbook. www.thedizzycook.com

Dr. Gretchen Tietjen joined Dr. Lindsay Weitzel to discuss childhood abuse and the development of migraine.

Part 3 of the Behavioral Series with Dr. Elizabeth K. Seng. Why does the practice of mindfulness improve migraine? Did you know that mindfulness is something that even the savviest practitioners cultivate over a lifetime?

Drs. Lindsay Weitzel and Elizabeth Seng continue their series on Behavioral Therapies and Migraine Disease with a discussion on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

Dr. Vincent Martin and Dr. Lindsay Weitzel continue their discussion on Refractory Migraine in part 3 of a 3 part series on Refractory Migraine.

Dr. Lindsay Weitzel and Dr. Elizabeth Seng discuss biofeedback and the treatment of migraine disease in episode 38 of Heads UP.

Drs. Timothy Smith and Lindsay Weitzel discuss the newest migraine treatment approved by the FDA, Lasmiditan.

Dr. Vincent Martin and Dr. Lindsay Weitzel discuss refractory migraine in the second installment of a three-part series on refractory migraine

Dr. Vincent Martin and Dr. Lindsay Weitzel discuss the different types of Refractory Migraine in this 3 part series of Heads UP.

Do you know children living with migraine disease? Dr. Lindsay Weitzel was joined by the Executive Director of Miles For Migraine, Shirley Kessel, to discuss a new pediatric migraine patient registry. This registry will enroll approximately 200 participants from approximately 20 sites and will examine migraine symptoms, therapeutics used, and biomarkers associated with migraine.

Dr. Lindsay Weitzel discusses Retreat Migraine 2020 with Eileen Brewer and Kevin Lenaburg from CHAMP.

Katie Mac Donald and Dr. Lindsay Weitzel discuss Headache On The Hill. Find out how you can get involved in migraine advocacy.

Drs. Vincent Martin and Lindsay Weitzel explain Migraine Aura.

Dr. Lindsay Weitzel has a discussion with country singer Kelly Leigh Hancock. Kelly copes with her chronic migraine through music. Find out who her famous uncle is and what he taught her about dealing with chronic pain.