How It Started

A pioneering treatment developed in New Zealand is now being used to help people with migraine and other chronic pain conditions around the world — and Irish patients have access to the technique through one of the country’s few practitioners trained in its use. Known as Perineural Injection Treatment, or PIT, the approach was pioneered by New Zealand doctor John Lyftogt and involves a series of tiny injections of a low-concentration glucose solution around superficial nerves. The technique is based on the theory that irritated nerves and neurogenic inflammation can play a significant role in persistent pain. Today, Lyftogt’s organisation says that more than 3,500 practitioners worldwide have learned the technique.

How this treatment is accessible in Ireland

In Ireland, Dr Michael O’Connor has spent many years practising PIT after studying directly under Dr Lyftogt, the doctor credited with pioneering the treatment. His clinic in Kerry specialises in using the technique for migraine. For patients who have struggled with conventional approaches to migraine, PIT represents a different way of addressing the pain — and one that has until now been relatively unfamiliar to the Irish public. Dr O’Connor’s experience makes him a particularly unusual resource for patients seeking access to this specialist technique in Ireland.

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