How Does Physiotherapy Treatment Help?
Physiotherapy treatment can be helpful for migraine and other types of headache, when muscle and joint factors contribute to the headache. This can happen through a sensitisation of the brain stem caused by ongoing neck problems.
Sensitivity in the trigemino-cervical nucleus of the brain stem is thought to lessen your threshold to triggers of your migraine. Restoring optimal neck function through thorough assessment, and appropriate treatment can therefore help to reduce this sensitivity.
In our experience each person presents with an individual and unique set of factors which contribute to their problem. That's why it is important to have a personalised and tailored treatment programme, to get the best possible outcome.
Our clinic uses a patient centred approach, and it is our responsibility to ensure you feel you are informed of the type of treatment which is likely to work best for you. It is crucial that you are in control of the treatment!
Programmes can include a combination of the following types of treatment:
Sensitivity in the trigemino-cervical nucleus of the brain stem is thought to lessen your threshold to triggers of your migraine. Restoring optimal neck function through thorough assessment, and appropriate treatment can therefore help to reduce this sensitivity.
In our experience each person presents with an individual and unique set of factors which contribute to their problem. That's why it is important to have a personalised and tailored treatment programme, to get the best possible outcome.
Our clinic uses a patient centred approach, and it is our responsibility to ensure you feel you are informed of the type of treatment which is likely to work best for you. It is crucial that you are in control of the treatment!
Programmes can include a combination of the following types of treatment:
- Hands on treatment (without neck manipulation/cracking)
- Pain Education
- Specific exercise programmes
- General fitness and health programmes
- Ergonomic advice
- Postural assessment
- Pilates
- Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction courses
- Acupuncture/dry needling
- Health coaching