Dr Beth Yule’s story : Daily migraines

Uncategorized Mar 14, 2018
 

How the Watson Headache ® Approach changed my life

Stop me if any of this sounds familiar:
  • You have suffered for years with headaches or migraines
  • You’ve had many rounds of manual therapy (e.g.physiotherapy) with little benefit or no lasting results,
  • You’ve had scans that have shown nothing to indicate the cause of your pain
  • Panadol and ibuprofen have become solid friends of yours
  • You may have even been upgraded to their stronger friends
  • You’ve even been placed on headache/migraine preventative medication which makes your pain better/more manageable, but hasn’t actually made it go away
If any of these statements sound familiar to you then you were in the same boat as me.
 

My name is Beth, I’m an Osteopath at Premier Sports and Spinal Medicine and I have suffered from daily migraines for 7 years.
As an Osteopath, I treat many ailments and injuries, but headaches and migraines hit close to home from personal suffering. The prognosis for...
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Everything you wanted to know about migraines, but were in too much pain to ask

Uncategorized Mar 07, 2018
Have you been suffering from migraines or know someone that does?
According to Headache Australia, approximately 15% of the population suffers from migraines at some point in their lives with the greatest prevalence between the ages of 35 and 45 years of age.
If you have been leaving your migraines untreated, or if they are being poorly managed, it can take you down a painful and frustrating path that can lead to:
 

Lack of motivation or drive
  • An inability to participate in physical activities

    Feelings of social isolation or withdrawal Not feeling like yourself
    Decrease in mood
Versus, if your migraines are properly treated by practitioners who specialise in this area:
  • An increase in motivation and drive

    A return to physical activities
    Participating in social gatherings, outings, and functions
    Feeling like yourself again
    Increase in mood
“Migraines aren’t like a sprained ankle. They aren’t something that people can physically see and acknowledge and therefore...
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The Watson Headache ® Approach

Uncategorized Mar 04, 2018

Headaches and migraines in the past have been poorly understood, diagnosed and managed, but now there is a non-invasive, skillful approach to treating them.
Dr. Dean Watson is an Australian Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist who has spent the past 30 years of his life treating headaches and migraines. Over the course of this time, he has developed a medication-free method of resolving headaches and migraines known as the Watson Headache ® Approach.
The traditional medical model aims around reducing or managing your symptoms rather than eliminating them, however with the Watson Headache ® Approach is different.
Through years of research, the Watson Headache ® Approach has identified that the top 3 cervical vertebrae of the spine are responsible for over 80% of headaches and migraines.
This occurs because of the area in the brainstem where nerves from your face and head mix with the nerves from your neck become sensitised, meaning that they are constantly firing. Therefore are...

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