international headache & migraine treatment pioneer
Dr. Elliot Shevel
(B.D.S., Dip. M. F. O. S., M.B., B. Ch.)
I have spent the last 30 years researching and innovating in the field of migraine and headache treatment. I have achieved unparalleled success in this otherwise misunderstood condition that commonly sentences the majority of sufferers to failed treatments, increasingly painful attacks, and medication dependency.
While most medical practitioners and specialists use guess work, prescribing hit or miss treatments, I have developed my Accurate Diagnosis technique and resulting unique treatment methods.
I am incredibly to excited to share my findings with both doctors and patients around world through my new series of podcasts and videos.
Welcome to the Dr. elliot shevel podcast series on headaches & migraines
The medical industry is still baffled by the main cause of headaches such as cluster headaches, tension headaches and migraines. Though most medical practitioners still believe that these headaches start in the brain, it is clear to me from years of research that this is not the case.
Episode #1 - Why you still suffer from migraine.
Episode #2 - Migraine medication problems – over the counter drugs.
Episode #3 - Migraine medication problems – prescription drugs.
Episode #4 - Migraine medication problems – preventive drugs.
Episode #5 - Migraine triggers and causes.
Episode #6 - Some common migraine triggers explained.
Welcome to the Dr. elliot shevel’s groundbreaking headache & migraine video series
After 25 years of research in the field of headaches, I am confident that our treatments will give you a better quality of life. I have published more than 30 peer reviewed scientific articles on the causes of different types of headaches and my finding is that the cause of a headache is different for every individual. Every patient treated by my highly skilled team at the Headache Clinic deserves an individual assessment. And every patient deserves a carefully planned unique treatment to help them live a pain-free, drug-free life.
Scientific Articles
I have published more than 30 peer reviewed scientific articles on the causes of different types of headaches and my finding is that the cause of a headache is different for every individual. Every patient deserves a carefully planned unique treatment to help them live a pain-free, drug-free life.
Three Dimentional CT Angiograms in the Planning of Vascular Surgery for Migraine and Cluster Headache (2020). Book chapter in ‘Atlas of Surgical Therapy for Migraine and Tension-Type Headache’. Editor: Edoardo Raposio. Publisher: Springer.
The international headache society classification of a migraine headache—A call for substantiating data J. Biomedical Science and Engineering, 2014, 7, 112-114
The Jaw muscles and central sensitization in migraine, SADJ 2018 December, Vol 73 No10 P627-628
Arterial surgery for sporadic hemiplegic migraine- preliminary results British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 52 (2014) 405–408
A method for determining when the superficial scalp arteries are the source of migraine pain. S Afr Med J. 2017 Jul 28;107(8):691-693.
TRPV1, CGRP and SP in scalp arteries of patients suffering from a chronic migraine. Del Fiacco M, Quartu M, Boi M, Serra MP, Melis T, Boccaletti R, Shevel E, Cianchetti C. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2014
Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgeons and Migraine (2017). Book chapter in ‘Essentials of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery’. Editor: Ibrahim El-Hakim. Publisher: Austin Group Open Access eBooks
A New Minimally Invasive Technique for Cauterising the Maxillary Artery and its Application in the Treatment of Cluster Headache. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2013: 71.4 677-681
The Dura and Migraine. Future Neurology 2012;7:573-580
The Extracranial Vascular Theory of Migraine – A Great Story Confirmed by the Facts. Headache 2011;51:409-417
Middle Meningeal Artery Dilatation in Migraine. Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain 2009; 49:1541-1543.
The Trigeminovascular System – Quo Vadis? Headache 2009 May; 49, (5): 785.
Headache education for the medical students: Wolff’s postulates. Headache 2008 Apr; 48(4): 638-9
Headache education for medical students: Wolff’s postulates – further communication. Headache 2009 Apr;49(4):611
Topographic analysis of laser evoked potentials in chronic tension-type headache: Correlations with clinical features. Int Psychophysiol 2006 Feb 23. Co-authored by Prof. M. de Tommasso, Neurological and Psychiatric sciences Department, University Of Bari, Bari, Italy
Effects of amitriptyline and intra-oral device appliance on clinical and laser-evoked potentials in chronic tension-type headache. Neurol Sci. 2005 May; 26 Supply 2:s152-4. Co-authored by Prof M. de Tommasso, Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences Department, University Of Bari, Bari, Italy.
EEG change after fitting a posture modifying appliance. S Afr Med J. 1998 Mar; 88(3):282, 284.
Treating menstrual migraines. Medical Chronicle 2000; September: pp18
Comments on ‘Headache attributed to airplane travel‘ by Mainardi et al. Cephalalgia. 2012 Dec;32(16):1222
Confirmation of the extracranial site of action of sumatriptan. Ann Neurol. 2011 Nov;70(5):862
Surgical treatment of vascular headaches. Specialist Forum Aug 2008; pp73-76.
Cervical muscles in the pathogenesis of a migraine headache. Specialist Forum 2008; 8(3):47-50.
Are migraines and tension-type headaches different conditions? Specialist Forum 2008; 8(1): 32-36
The use of opioids in the treatment of headaches. Specialist Forum 2007; 7(2): 50-52.
Craniomandibular muscles, intraoral orthoses and migraine. Expert Review Of Neurotherapeutics 2005;5(3): 371-377(Invited article)
The Role of Extra Cranial Arteries in Migraine Headache: A review. The Journal of Cranio-Mandibular Practice 2004; 22: 132-136.Co-authored by Prof. E. Spierings, Dept Of Neurology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital. Harvard Medical School
Cervical muscles in the pathogeneses of a migraine headache. The Journal of Headache and pain 2004; 5:12-13.Co-authored by Prof. E. Spierings Dept. Of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Comment on – Pathophysiology of migraine by professor: PJ Goadsby in Aug 2012 of Ann Ind Acad Neurol
The extracranial vascular theory of a migraine- an artificial controversy J Neural Transm. 2011 Apr;118(4)
Functional neuroimaging evidence of the role of the vasculature in a migraine. Specialist Forum 2007; 7(1): 67-69.
Medication Overuse Headache. Specialist Forum 2007; 7(6): 46-49
Migraine and Ischaemic Stroke. SA Cardiology & Stroke; Winter 2007:pp27-30. Article first published in August 2006 issue of sister publication, The Specialist Forum
The Role of the external Carotid Arteries in Migraine. In “Focus on Migraine Disorder Research”: Ed. Laura B Clarke: Nova Science Publishers: New York, 2007.
Migraine headache intensity and intracranial pressure. Headache 2003 Oct;43(9):1013
Headache – the dental connection. South African Dental Journal 2001; 56: 99-102.
The Migraine / Tension – Type Headache Continuum. South African Medical Journal 2000; 90: 869-871.
Headache: Rational Drug Usage Using OTC Medicines SA Pharmaceutical Journal 2001; 56:99-102.
Comment on the Editorial by Goadsby and Akerman ‘The trigeminovascular system does not require a peripheral sensory input to be activated—Migraine is a central disorder’, in Cephalalgia January 2012.Cephalalgia 2012; 32: 1081
Headache education for medical students: Wolff’s postulates — further communication. Headache 2009 Apr; (4): 611.
Migraine pain–intracranial or extracranial? Headache 2007 Nov- Dec; 47(10):1458.
Vascular surgery for a chronic migraine. Therapy 2007; 4: 451-456.
Headache and Tinnitus: correlation found. Specialist Forum 2006; May vol 6: 30-33.
Intra- oral orthosis vs. amitriptyline in chronic tension-type headache: a clinical and laser evoked potentials study. Head Face Med. 2006 May 25; 2(1):15.Co-authored by Prof. M de Tommasso, Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences Department, University Of Bari, Bari, Italy.
An Approach to Headaches. Occupational Health Southern Africa Journal March 2000.
Maxillo-Facial and Oral Surgery
Painful dry socket and alternative perspective, SADJ 2018 August, Vol 73 No7 P456-458
A subjective assessment of pain and swelling following surgical removal of impacted third molar teeth using two different surgical techniques. South African Dental Journal 2001; 56:238-241
Intra-oral condylotomy for the treatment of temporomandibular joint derangement. Int Oral Maxillofac Surg, 1991 Dec; 20(6): 360 -1.
Paraesthesia of Upper and Lower Lips of Dental Origin. J of the SA Dent. Ass. 1971; 26(3): 70, 71.
Covid-19
Conditions Favouring Increased COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality: Their Common Denominator and its Early Treatment. Missouri Medicine | March/April 2021, 118:2, 113-115
Conditions Favoring Increased COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality: Their Common Denominator and Treatment. Isr Med Assoc J. 2020 Nov;11(22):680.
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