A new Hartford HealthCare Headache Center has opened at Blue Back Square in West Hartford, occupying a 3,700-square-foot space at 65 Memorial Road, Suite 508.
The state-of-the-art facility, part of the Hartford HealthCare Ayer Neuroscience Institute, offers eight exam rooms, special shades and lighting, a headache psychologist, clinical trials, medication infusion bays and related healthcare services, according to Hartford HealthCare, adding that patients who travel long distances can get discounted hotel rates locally.
It complements a headache center in Meriden and another planned in Waterford this fall.
The headache center has become a national hub for headache research, including a clinical trial of a phone app for migraine treatment, according to Hartford HealthCare. The headache center is one of just a handful of facilities in the world studying the effectiveness of the Nerivio Migra Neurostimulation device to relieve migraine pain. The wearable device has electrical leads and patches that are applied to the back of the arm. When the phone app turns on the device and adjusts the stimulation, it blocks pain signal transmission to the brain, without using medication.
