Osteopathic Healing
Osteopathic medicine is a specialty of healing the body and eliminating pain — a mastery of human physics.
Osteopathic physicians are experts in physical manipulation and use our hands to help diagnose and heal the body. We undergo rigorous functional anatomy training and learn countless techniques to improve range of motion and eliminate pain. These skills are used to bring your entire body into structural balance and promote your body’s internal healing mechanism.
Who Benefits
An Osteopathic examination is the most comprehensive evaluation available to guide your approach to recovery. We will be able to determine whether you can be healed with osteopathic manipulation, require specialty injections, or if surgery is indicated. Let us help you navigate through the difficult decision of whether surgery is absolutely needed. If it is not, we can resolve your pain issues naturally.
Headaches and Migraines create significant impairment of daily activities for many people. Often they are caused by musculoskeletal strain in the cervical, occipital, and upper thoracic regions. Other times they are due to triggers such as inflammatory agents in one’s diet, stress, insomnia, menstruation, or hormone imbalance. Let us help resolve your migraines naturally so you no longer depend upon medications to get through your day.
If you are experiencing unrelenting pain or issues with incontinence more than 6 weeks after surgery, please call us for a consultation. We will discuss your case with your surgeon and make sure we treat your symptoms safely and collaboratively.
Acute injuries often involve damage to tendons and ligaments in the shoulder, knee, elbow, ankle and wrist areas. Unfortunately, these injuries take a long time to heal because tendons and ligaments have a very poor blood supply and it is difficult for the immune system to get to the area to heal the tissues. Let us accelerate the healing process with osteopathic healing and regenerative medicine.
Autoimmune diseases are fueled by inflammation in the body, which often comes from disruption in the gut biome, inflammatory foods, lack of sleep and stress. We can help optimize your gut health, sleep, and stress levels. We can also use peptides to help optimize your immune system and promote healing while reducing unnecessary inflammation.
During pregnancy there are many changes that occur in the body due to hormonal changes and the growing womb. Often women develop nausea, low back pain, upper back pain, abdominal/pelvic pain, difficulty breathing, emotional stress, and insomnia. Treat yourself and your baby kindly. Let us relieve your pregnancy pain and stress and get your mind and pelvis ready for your big day.
Newborns and infants often have issues with skull deformity, torticollis, shoulder dystocia, constipation, gastric reflux and problems suckling due to neck strain and occipital compression during their departure from the birth canal.
Our Approach
Biodynamic Osteopathy promotes the vitality and energy of the body to reach areas in need of healing. It also rebalances the autonomic nervous system. Cranial Osteopathy is helpful for correcting intra-cranial strains and misalignment that may arise from birth, physical trauma, dental surgery, etc. It is very helpful for stress, headaches, restoration, sinus and ear congestion, TMJ, and skull deformities.
This technique is used to mobilize joints that are held in an incorrect position due to injury or repetitive strain. It is very specific and often liberates ligamentous tension and nerve compression arising from the spine, pelvis, or extremities. Often the mobilization of potential energy within the restricted area is released providing a “pop” or “crack.”
Injections of nerve blocking agents, homeopathic agents, or corticosteroids may provide appreciable pain relief and stop the vicious cycle of pain, spasm, and inflammation. Often injections are used as an adjunct for stubborn areas of severe strain, joint pain, or serious acute ligamentous injuries.
An indirect technique of relaxing spastic muscles and ligaments by resetting the neurologic connection between the brain and the spindle fiber of the tissue.
Tissues are moved toward the restrictive barrier and then a specific isometric contraction against resistance is utilized to increase range of motion and stretch congested, tense muscles.
Gentle massage used with compression or traction to encourage relaxation of muscles and fascia.
Balances the tension of ligaments and fascia surrounding each joint for optimal motion and support.
Your Visit
All visits are by appointment only. Please call to schedule an appointment for osteopathic consultation, medical consultation, or both. One can schedule osteopathic consultation with treatment for their initial visit; both can be accommodated unless imaging is needed prior to treatment.
It is incredibly important that patients with complex medical history prepare ahead of time for their visit. Patients are asked to create a timeline of events including all relevant injuries, surgeries, hospitalizations, and specialist consultations. Please bring reports of important radiologic imaging and copies of recent laboratory data. One could easily spend 2 hours in conversation trying to gather this information — we would rather use that time sorting out the fine details of your history and developing a treatment plan.
Please wear comfortable, flexible clothing (i.e. yoga or workout clothing). Avoid restrictive clothing such as jeans, belts, and dress shirts.
Family and friends are always encouraged to be a part of your consultation. This often provides comfort and reference. Please inform us if you anticipate bringing more than two acquaintances into the office with you.
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