Practitioners
June 5, 2009 by dean · Leave a Comment
Although Physiotherapy, Chiropractic and Osteopathy are different disciplines, we are supporters of the idea that headache and migraine sufferers, no matter what their diagnoses, can be helped to live their lives more effectively through appropriate neck treatment. Because treatment of the does not fit the medical model of headache and migraine, the model has demonstrated little interest in exploring this as an option.
It is essential that all factors, which have the potential to sensitise the brainstem, be investigated equally. Currently this is not the situation.
This directory aims to provide headache and migraine sufferers with practitioners who have a particular interest in and are skilled in examination of the neck as a source of your headache or migraine – to create a more comprehensive approach. Be assured that if, on examination, no relevant disorders can be found, treatment will not be recommended. Relevancy is determined by temporary reproduction and lessening of headache as the examination technique is sustained.
Cheers
Dean
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