• HEADACHES & MIGRAINES

    Treatment can help to overcome and prevent headaches for most people by addressing the root cause of pain.

HEADACHES AND MIGRAINES

For some people, head pain is an everyday occurrence and can have a significant impact on their enjoyment of life. However, all is not lost because treatment can help to overcome pain and reduce frequency of headaches for most people by simply addressing the root cause of the pain.

Headaches can occur anywhere in the head and can affect one or both sides of the head at the same time. Usually, the people we see with ongoing headaches are due to neck problems or postural issues, but there can be many root causes for their pain.

HEADACHES AND MIGRAINES

For some people, head pain is an everyday occurrence and can have a significant impact on their enjoyment of life. However, all is not lost because treatment can help to overcome pain and reduce frequency of headaches for most people by simply addressing the root cause of the pain.

Headaches can occur anywhere in the head and can affect one or both sides of the head at the same time. Usually, the people we see with ongoing headaches are due to neck problems or postural issues, but there can be many root causes for their pain.

Migraines are a more severe, throbbing head pain that are often one sided and can be combined with symptoms such as feeling sick, dizziness, flashing lights in your vision and hearing disturbances.

As a patient in our clinic, we will work with you to identify where your head pain is coming from and the best course of treatment to help ease your pain. As well as assessing your neck, we frequently look at how the rib cage works and the spine the ribs attach to and offer exercise and strengthening advice to help you stay fighting fit! We will always refer you for further investigation with your GP if we need to.

Migraines are a more severe, throbbing head pain that are often one sided and can be combined with symptoms such as feeling sick, dizziness, flashing lights in your vision and hearing disturbances.

As a patient in our clinic, we will work with you to identify where your head pain is coming from and the best course of treatment to help ease your pain. As well as assessing your neck, we frequently look at how the rib cage works and the spine the ribs attach to and offer exercise and strengthening advice to help you stay fighting fit! We will always refer you for further investigation with your GP if we need to.

Our approach to treating headaches not only treats the sore bit but to treat the whole body. We are trained to use a naturopathic approach to our work and will work with you to make any postural, exercise and dietary changes we discuss, as changes environment can be very beneficial. When you visit us, we use the following treatments to help you:

  • Osteopathy looks at how the neck joints and upper back work and aims to restore good movement by combining joint mobilisations to improve stiffness, manipulations (‘clicking’) and soft tissue therapies such as massage, stretching and myofascial release. Treatments always discuss rehabilitation and often we give appropriate strengthening exercises and dietary advice to help prevent further injury.
  • Soft Tissue Techniques (massage, IASTM, stretching, myofascial release) provides a deep tissue style massage to the body tissues that can focus on muscles relevant to the affected area. Along with osteopathy, massage can help restore efficient lymphatic flow.
  • Acupuncture can often help relieve pain from headaches and is great for areas that are too tender to treat with hands on treatments.
  • Kinesiotaping your neck and upper back can help with a multitude of things including reducing any swelling and bruising that may be present, along with offering gentle, non-restrictive support to the area.

We make sure we tackle your head pain from all angles, letting you enjoy your days again.

Our approach to treating headaches not only treats the sore bit but to treat the whole body. We are trained to use a naturopathic approach to our work and will work with you to make any postural, exercise and dietary changes we discuss, as changes environment can be very beneficial. When you visit us, we use the following treatments to help you:

  • Osteopathy looks at how the neck joints and upper back work and aims to restore good movement by combining joint mobilisations to improve stiffness, manipulations (‘clicking’) and soft tissue therapies such as massage, stretching and myofascial release. Treatments always discuss rehabilitation and often we give appropriate strengthening exercises and dietary advice to help prevent further injury.
  • Soft Tissue Techniques (massage, IASTM, stretching, myofascial release) provides a deep tissue style massage to the body tissues that can focus on muscles relevant to the affected area. Along with osteopathy, massage can help restore efficient lymphatic flow.
  • Acupuncture can often help relieve pain from headaches and is great for areas that are too tender to treat with hands on treatments.
  • Kinesiotaping your neck and upper back can help with a multitude of things including reducing any swelling and bruising that may be present, along with offering gentle, non-restrictive support to the area.

We make sure we tackle your head pain from all angles, letting you enjoy your days again.



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