Headache Express operates from a single clinic on Woodson Road, immediately south of St. Louis Lambert International Airport. One location, deliberately placed inside the ring of interstates so that most of the metro can reach it during an attack rather than the day after one.
Why one clinic rather than several
A headache service that depends on treating you while the attack is happening cannot be spread thin. Intravenous therapy, oxygen and image-guided injections need the equipment, the room and the staff in one place, ready. Splitting that across satellite offices would mean each one could do less, and the thing you actually need at 6pm on a Tuesday would be at the other site.
So the trade we have made is a single well-equipped clinic with a twelve-hour weekday window, rather than several thinner ones. Full address, parking, hours and the map are on the contact page.
Who we serve
Patients come from across the St. Louis region, in Missouri and Illinois. Dr. Padda is licensed in both states. The communities below are simply the ones the drive is most straightforward from — being outside the list does not mean we cannot see you.
Coming from the Illinois side
Illinois patients are seen here routinely and this has never been a licensing question. The clinic sits on the Missouri side, west of the river, and the approach is I-70 or I-270 depending on where you start. Community pages for Illinois and the Metro East cover Belleville, Edwardsville, Alton, Collinsville and Maryville. If you are traveling from Illinois and want to know whether the drive is worth it for a same-day appointment, call or text first and we will tell you honestly.
If you cannot travel during an attack
This is worth raising rather than working around. Some treatments are specifically intended to be used at home at the first sign of an attack — high-flow oxygen for cluster headache is the clearest example, and a home setup is part of what we arrange. See oxygen therapy. Others genuinely require the clinic. Which category you fall into is worth settling early.