Suffering Headaches, that effect your daily functioning?
Osteopathy:
Effectively Relieving
Headaches;
Without Drugs
How Osteopathy Effectively
Treats
Headaches?
Osteopaths are skilled in diagnosing
and treating headaches. Most tension headaches result from mechanical or functional disturbances
of the neck and spine.
Osteopaths treat
the cause of the headache by assessing and treating the
restriction and immobility of the neck.
They do this through a
thorough physical examination, to form a diagnosis.
An Osteopath will use varied
gentle manual techniques (no drugs are involved) to:
The osteopath uses a highly developed
sense of touch called palpation, to identify points of weakness or excessive
strain throughout the neck and upper back. After a thorough assessment, the osteopath will
employ a variety of gentle techniques, such as soft-tissue massage, joint
mobilization and manipulation, and muscle stretching to improve the tension
headache.
Don't suffer headaches in silence, for advice on how the Israel Center for Osteopathy
can treat your headache and improve your quality of life.
call now !!
Ramat Aviv Medical Center
Jerusalem Medical Center
03-519-5008
02-566-9173
or email here
Headaches are a very
common medical complaint. Severe headaches can have a
debilitating effect on ones life. The result is the patient cannot function in
its everyday environment. Some people have to even change jobs due to their
headaches.
Osteopathy provides a
non-invasive, gentle, non-drug cure to headaches.
Common causes of headache
The most common type of headache
is a tension headache. Tension headaches
originate from the neck. Tension
headaches are often caused by stress, poor posture or a whiplash injury. Long
hours spent in front of the computer or working at a desk can be a cause of
recurrent headaches.
Osteopaths, are trained to differentiate between
headaches with common causes and those due to serious pathology.
He will assess ones seated and standing posture as poor posture can be a
cause of headaches.
Mechanism of tension headaches
A common presentation with headache is an increase
in the muscular tension at the base of the skull with pain locally and
possibly referred to the forehead and eye area. The tightened muscles and
joint restrictions (from poor posture, stress, injury etc.,) in the upper
neck, contribute to reduced mobility, and irritation of the local nerves and
blood vessels.
An Osteopath with appropriate skill and knowledge to
assess your complaint and decide the most effective course of action.
For advice on how the Israel
Center for Osteopathy
can treat your problem call now !!
Ramat Aviv Medical Center
Jerusalem Medical Center
03-519-5008
02-566-9173
or email here
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