"Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you." - Mother Teresa
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Tension headaches affect up to 40% of adults in Western societies. These are often associated with increased muscle tension at the base of the skull or in the neck or shoulders and can be treated by passive or active osteopathic manipulation techniques. Severe, recurrent headaches or migraines, affects 25% of women and 8% of men, and are often accompanied by neck pain, nausea and sensitivity to light. Migraines can be treated by deep tissue massage, cranial osteopathy, high-velocity, low-amplitude joint manipulations and strain-counterstrain manipulations.
Osteopathy for headaches usually involves massaging the muscles of the neck and upper spine and gentle manipulation of the joints. Osteopathic techniques aimed at treating headaches are designed to improve joint mobility, especially in the cervical spine and to reduce nerve irritation and muscle tension.
Anderson, R. E., Seniscal, C., (2006), A Comparison of Selected Osteopathic Treatment and Relaxation for Tension-Type Headaches. Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain Vol. 46, Issue 8, Sept, pp. 1273–1280
This research paper concluded that people who received osteopathic treatment for tension-type headache had significantly more days per week without headache than those who did only relaxation exercises
NICE - The National Institute for Clinical Excellence recommends a course of manual therapy, including spinal manipulation (including osteopathic), for the early management of persistent non-specific lower back pain.
