After so many years of seeing headache and migraine sufferers spending enough money to fund a small third world nation (a true quote from a headache patient!!) I finally bit the bullet and enrolled in the University of Sydney, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Pain Management Program, Orofacial Pain Specialty. This qualification would equip me to tell the difference between different types of headache,  which treatments work, what is the evidence-based management of headaches and tell the difference between neuropathic pain, myofascial pain, radicular pain and visceral pain. 

 

I graduated in 2021, only one of three therapists in Australia with this qualification. I know that migraine patients are on a merry go round of going to the emergency department, being sent home because their pain isn't a life-threatening emergency and facing a never-ending futile search for relief. 

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Dr Sameer Saleem, Consultant Migraine Neurologist, and I are very happy to be collaborating as the Perth Migraine Centre, Perth's first Migraine Centre of Excellence aligned with the Headache Australia, Strategic Action on Chronic Migraine.

We are able to offer

1. timely appointments covered by Medicare for Dr Saleem

2. private health insurance rebates for Raelene's consults

No more waiting for months to see a Neurologist.  A GP referral is still required, but your appointment will only be in a couple of weeks.

 

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