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Treatment for headaches and migraines

Headaches and migraines are a very common ailment. In allopathic medicine there is often no identifiable cause and patients are given prescriptions for medication to relieve pain. The tablets do not change the trigger of the symptoms and, additionally, painkiller often cause side effects. Many patients do not want to take tablets and they are looking for an alternative solution.

It can be very stressful for patients when for no apparent reason headaches develop into migraines. A migraine attack, which occurs most of the time unilateral, can be associated with a very complex set of symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, blurred vision and tinnitus or sensitivity to noise and light. It can also lead to sensitivity disorders and problems with balance. The so called “aura” is a typical sign of migraines. These are disturbances in perception in the eyes.

Treatment for bedwetting in early childhood

Treatment for bedwetting in early childhood (Enuresis Nocturna)

Bed wetting in children is the most common urological symptom: 15-20% of 5-year-olds suffer from this condition and it is very often observed in children over the age of 5 years.

The urinary system has many roles such as cleansing the blood and ridding the body of metabolic waste products, regulation of PH, regulation of blood pressure and more. The final filtration of the blood by kidneys called urine. The kidneys filter about 200 litres of filtrate every day but the urine, the final waste content is about 2 litres per day. The capacity of the bladder can be from 1 – up to 2 litres. The minimum amount of 150-500ml is needed to trigger the micturition reflex or Bladder Stretch Reflex. Read More

Treatment for colic babies, sleeping and feeding problems, crying babies

KISS Syndrom is not a disease but a dysfunction or blockage in the upper cervical spine in the atlanto-occipital junction in children and newborn. The definition of KISS in English is: Kinematic Imbalance due to Suboccipital Stress. KISS-Syndrom is also referred to : Torticollis, wry neck, stiff neck, head tilt, caput obstipum, twisted neck, crooked neck or collum distortum. A German doctor, Heinder Biedermann, who invented the term KISS in the early 1990th, was practicing in Dortmund, and is now based in Cologne is using a manual medicine on the atlanto-occipital joints. Read More

Dublin Osteopathy

Osteopathy is a philosophy of health not just a series of techniques the osteopath are using. This philosophy acknowledges that, in health, the body should be able to automatically adapt to different issues and to heal itself in a state of balance and harmony.  The body is always doing its best to maintain a state of balance and can recover from, or adapt to, many traumatic events. However, the body`s resources for coping are not endless and sometimes events occur that are too much for the body to correct without assistance. This is where osteopathy can help. Read More

Biodynamic Osteopathy

An incredibly powerful treatment style that requires subtlety and extensive practical application, biodynamic cranial osteopathy achieves profound clinical results.

By using light touch biodynamic osteopaths are able to get a picture of how the body is functioning as a whole, rather than a collection of individual systems (eg musculo-skeletal, respiratory, digestive etc).  Honing in on an area of pain directly can mean that pressure is placed on that area of the body, muffling more subtle clues that the body is expressing about the deeper maintaining factors that cause a chronic, repetitive problem.  Instead, Biodynamic Osteopathy communicates with the sense of health within the patient, a space where the system feels calm and neutral.  This space is then supported and maintained as the tissues and systems re-organise around this balanced point. Read More

Difference between a Chiropractor and an Osteopath

This is actually a more difficult question to answer than you might imagine.

In the first place, one goes to chiropractic college while the other goes to osteopathy college. The main difference, however, is in how they are introduced to their particular specialism. Chiropractors and osteopaths spend between four and five years practising treatment methods and techniques, studying anatomy and medical subjects, working through conditions and then developing their clinical reasoning skills and management protocols under supervision. Read More

The difference between Osteopathy & Physiotherapy

Osteopaths view the body as a unique, interconnected, self-healing system. Osteopathic treatment focuses on correcting disturbances with this system, whether caused (by among many things) muscle weakness/imbalance and/or tension, restricted joint movements, poor posture or working practices. Given that each body is viewed as being unique, treatment is tailored to the individual not the symptom(s). Read More

Visceral Osteopathy

Visceral Dysfunction

Visceral Osteopathic manipulation of the viscera began with Dr Still. He described treating many different digestive, respiratory and urogenital complaints . For Dr Still, almost all medical conditions had an osteopathic treatment, in some cases curative, in some cases supportive.

Dr Still palpated for organs that were” out of place”, specifically ptosis of the liver, kidneys, bladder and uterus. He mostly treated the organs by lifting them superiorly. In general, Dr. Still’s approach for visceral problems was to treat the spine, then lift the organs. Read More

Want to lose weight? New study says reducing calories not the answer

Anyone who has ever been on a diet knows that the standard prescription for weight loss is to reduce the amount of calories you consume.

But a new study, published this week in JAMA, may turn that advice on its head. It found that people who cut back on added sugar, refined grains and highly processed foods while concentrating on eating plenty of vegetables and whole foods – without worrying about counting calories or limiting portion sizes – lost significant amounts of weight over the course of a year. Read More