Methods
Suffering pain?
Lower Back
Pain and stiffness in the lower back and upper glute area. Possible radiation to glutes, legs or thighs.
Pain in lower back can come from triggerpoints along the spine, deep lower back and even abdomen. In order to make sure the pain will not come back it is important to examine the surrounding structures. During the treatment both the torso mobility and the pelvis position will be examined.
Neck & Shoulder Pain
Pain in the trapezes, shoulder blade, neck and going up to the head. Many triggerpoints can be found around the shoulder blades and upper shoulders that can cause serious pain.
Treating the upper part of the torso always requires understanding of the muscles that work together. Tight chest, stiffness in the armpit, stability of the shoulder blade etc.
Headaches
Many headaches are caused by tension in the neck and upper back. Resulting in pain and tension around the eyes, side of the head above the ears, upper neck behind/below the ear, jaws or back of the head. Beside the positioning of the head in daily routine it is important to discuss the sleeping position.
Knee, Hip & Leg Pain
Knee or hip pain is caused often by triggerpoints in the leg muscles. Everyone has a more dominant foot for resting. This can create a disbalance in the legmuscles resulting in flat feet, (hyper)extended knees, X-knees, rotated hips or a tilted pelvis. Treatment includes examination of multiple segments in order to prevent complaints from returning.
Knee, Hip & Leg Pain
Some problems are more than just posture or movement related. Stress-related disorders are an indicator of a disturbed relationship between the conscious subject (mind) and his own living body. The 'state of stress' leads to ignoring the responses from the body and this can result in complications. My knowledge of stress management and breathing disorder enables me to successfully treat people with these kind of complaints.
Stress
Stress & Breathing disorder
Most of common complaints come from a disbalance in the body due to overused or underused muscles. Pain, stiffness, discomfort can be felt in many places in the body. The way the body is used (posture) is vital to understand where the pain comes from.
In the first session the body posture will be examined to understand the relation between the complaint and the cause of the complaint.
Other Pain
Relaxing Massage
Massage
Swedish massage is given to increase blood circulation, easing the tension in the body’s muscles and improving the muscles’ flexibility. It stimulates the skin as well as the nervous system to soothe the nerves, reducing both emotional and physical stress. In fact the massage is a staple in most stress management programs. A Swedish massage is given to help with increasing the flow of oxygen in the blood, releasing toxins from the body’s muscles flushing the lactic acids, uric acids, and other type of metabolic wastes out of the body tissues. It can really shorten the recovery time for a muscular strain!!
Triggerpoint
Triggerpoint massage is a very effective treatment method and amazing in combination with posture therapy.
The therapist locates and examines the painful areas and muscles/ structures. The myofascial triggerpoints are located in harder parts of the muscles. By pressing the client feels the familiar pain. With that the reduce of muscle power and length are examined. The therapy is focused on deactivating the myofascial triggerpoints so the tight muscles are loosened. The pain will reduce and the length of the muscle will come back to normal.
The massage is done manually and can be done on the clothes or with use of some oil.
Whole Body Breathing
Every individual needs relaxation to be able to function on an adequate level of stress. If the stress level is increased for a longer period, the danger exists that this level is considered to be the normal level of stress.
The body gets used to this increased level of stress and muscles are tightened continuously more than necessary. More energy is spent for the same tasks and complaints of neck, back and shoulder may be the effect of this excess muscle tension. More efforts result in less gain which leads to fatigue.
The increased level of stress and fatigue leads to faster and shallower breathing, even if the body does not need this amount of oxygen. This excessive breathing takes more energy and leads to breath-related complaints: (chronic) hyperventilation, dyspnea, tingling fingers, breathlessness, etc.
At the same time there is no cognitive rest, demonstrated by problems in attention and concentration.
Breathing and relaxation therapy, developed by dr. J.J. van Dixhoorn (Van Dixhoorn, Netherlands 1998), is a method to improve management of stress and to improve or even solve the negative consequences of an increased level of stress.