Ultrasound Guided Platelet Rich Plasma Injections for Post Traumatic Greater Occipital Neuralgia

Inclusion Criteria: * Eligible participants will be males or females at least 18 years of age who suffer from post-traumatic headaches secondary to GON. Patients must fulfill the ICHD-3 criteria in establishing a diagnosis of GON. This diagnosis will be established by an experienced Physiatrist with extensive experience in headache and related disorders. To meet this criteria, patients must have experienced previous successful temporary relief with local anesthetic or steroid injection surrounding the GON in the past, but have not received local steroid injection within past 3 months. Pre-treatment numerical pain rating scale for daily headache intensity must be ≥4/10, with a headache frequency ≥10 days/month. Possible secondary causes of ON must be ruled out with reasonable level of investigation prior to enrollment. Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to provide informed consent; history of surgery in the occipital region; unstable psychiatric or medical condition; rheumatologic or inflammatory disorders; widespread neurologic disorders (eg. MS); coagulopathy; immunosuppression; active cancer; herpes zoster infection in last 6 months; pregnancy; steroid or other local GON or LON infiltration in past 3 months.