The Benefits of Integrative Manual Therapy on Headaches
Abstract: This patient was a 46-year-old man who had incurred a car accident and was experiencing related head and neck pain. The patient was off of work because of the headaches. He received treatment with Integrative Manual Therapy focusing on techniques for the head and neck. After the treatment was completed, the patient reported and significant decrease in the headaches.
Author: Wanda Manos
Key Words: Headache, Neck Pain, Motor Vehicle Accident
History
The patient was a 46-year-old man who had a car accident that caused head and neck pain. He reported having post traumatic headaches daily for 3 years with a pain level of 10 out of 10. He was off of work due to the length and intensity of his daily headaches. He had been to a variety of doctors and headache clinics with little or no help.
Treatment
The patient was treated with Integrative Manual Therapy techniques. For his first session, he was treated with Advanced Strain and Counterstrain (ASCS) focusing on diaphragm releases and cranial vasculature. During the first session, he was also treated with techniques from Biologic Analogs for Circulatory Mobilization (BACM) focusing on Heart Centers and Process Centers. Upon completion of the first session, he left headache free. During the second session, the client reported having experienced a couple headaches with a pain level of 8 out of 10. The second treatment session focused on Myofascial Release (MFR1) for the diaphragms and Compression Syndromes for the diaphragms. When the second session was finished, the client reported that he was headache free. On the third session, three weeks later, the patient reported only a couple of headaches with a pain level of 8 out of 10. During this session, the patient was treated with MFR focusing on the pelvic diaphragm and Muscle Energy and ‘Beyond’ Technique for sacral biomechanics (MET). The patient was treated with Compression Syndromes of the pelvic floor and thoracic inlet along with ASCS for cranial vasculature. In addition, the patient was also treated with Compression Syndromes for the shoulder joint. For the fourth treatment session, two months later, the patient reported no headaches until the last week with a pain level of 6 out of 10. During this treatment, Type III’s and Shears were used at the occipital region along with Neural Tissue Tension Techniques (NTT) for cranial nerves. The patient was also treated with ASCS for cranial vasculature and techniques from Lymphatic Congestion Therapy which focused on lymph drainage of the neck lymph nodes. The next sessions were once a month so he could manage the headaches and work with other areas he needed. He came for 6 months until he moved. We worked on his gastrointestinal tract with techniques from Visceral Mobilization for the GI Tract (VMETGI). The patient was also treated with Biologic Analogs Systems work including the Shock System, the Hiding System and the Self Negation System from Biologic Analogs with Neuroreflexogenic Association (BANRA). Within the 6 month period, the patient reported experiencing a couple of headaches with a pain level of 2 out of 10. He forgot to mention the headaches until he was asked about them.
References
Book:
Giammatteo, Thomas D.C., P.T. & Weiselfish-Giammatteo, Sharon, PhD., P.T.
Integrative Manual Therapy for the Autonomic Nervous System and Related Disorders (ASCS) North Atlantic Books 1997.
Courses:
1. Giammatteo, Thomas D.C., P.T. & Weiselfish-Giammatteo, Sharon, PhD., P.T.
Visceral Mobilization With Muscles and Beyond Techniques GI Track (VMETGI)
Dialogue in Contemporary Rehabilitation, 1998.
2. Lowen, Frank & Weiselfish-Giammatteo, Sharon, PhD., P.T. Biologics Analogs: The Pelvis (BANRA). Therapeutic Horizons, 1993.
3. Lowen, Frank & Weiselfish-Giammatteo, Sharon, PhD., P.T. Biologics Analogs: The Heart (BACM). Therapeutic Horizons, 1995.
4. Weiselfish-Giammatteo, Sharon, PhD., P.T. Integrative Manual Therapy for Lower Back & Spine
(Met 3). Dialogue in Contemporary Rehabilitation, 1998.
5. Weiselfish-Giammatteo, Sharon, PhD., P.T. Assessment, Diagnostics & Treatment of Type 3 Disfunction (Met 4). Dialogue in Contemporary Rehabilitaion, 1997.
6. Weiselfish-Giammatteo, Sharon, PhD., P.T. Diaphram Compression (COMPDIA). Dialogue in Contemporary Rehabilitation, 1998.
7. Weiselfish-Giammatteo, Sharon, PhD., P.T. Myofascial Release (MFRI). Dialogue in Contemporary Rehabilitation, 1998.
8. Weiselfish-Giammatteo, Sharon, PhD., P.T. Upper Extremities Compression (COMPSUE). Dialogue in Contemporary Rehabilitation, 1998.
9. Weiselfish-Giammatteo, Sharon, PhD., P.T. The Lymphatic System Level 1 (LYMPH1).
Dialogue in Contemporary Rehabilitation.
10. Weiselfish-Giammatteo, Sharon, PhD., P.T. Neural Tissue Tension Techniques (NNT).
Dialogue in Contemporary Rehabilitation.
Footnotes:
1. Weiselfish-Giammatteo, Sharon. ASCS for Diaphram System. p. 8-54 Chapter 9.
2. Weiselfish-Giammatteo, Sharon.ASCS Cranial Region. p.76-89, Chapter 14.
3. Lowen, Frank & Weiselfish-Giammatteo, Sharon. Heart & Process Centers (BACM).
4. Weiselfish-Giammatteo, Sharon. Myofascial Release (MFRI) Diaphrams.
5. Weiselfish-Giammatteo, Sharon. Cranial (COMPDIA) Chapter 5 Diaphram
Compression p.26-28.
6. Weiselfish-Giammatteo, Sharon . MET 3-Biomechanics of Sacral Joints 11-20
(COMPSUE). Pelvic Floor Diaphram Compression. p.22-26.
7. Weiselfish-Giammatteo, Sharon. Thoracic Compression. Chapter 2 p.19-21.
(COMPDIA) p.11-21.
8. Weiselfish-Giammatteo, Sharon. Shoulder Joint Compression. (COMPSUE) p.26-28
9. Weiselfish-Giammatteo, Sharon. (Type 3) Occipital p.10.
13. Lowen, Frank & Weiselfish-Giammatteo, Sharon. BANRA p.26-28.