Headaches & Whiplash Disorders

Physiotherapy and manual therapy in particular can be very effective in dealing with all types of headaches but in particular cervicogenic headaches. This means that your headache is a result of a specific structure in your neck, either joint, muscle, nerve or ligament. That part could be experiencing chronic inflammation as a result of ongoing stress in the region, poor posture and general bad habits. Even if your headache is not purely cervicogenic it could have a cervicogenic component to it and physiotherapy could be great in relieving your symptoms.

In Physiomove we often treat headaches and migraines with a combination of modalities which can include manual therapy in the form of soft tissue and joint mobilisation techniques, acupuncture, spinal adjustments, stretches and posture correction exercises.

Manual therapy techniques, acupuncture and exercises are proven to control the headache or migraine attacks and could either completely resolve the symptoms or lessen their intensity, duration or frequency.

Whiplash Associated Disorders is a term given to a variety of symptoms commonly occurred by a road traffic accident. If you are experiencing neck pain, dizziness, problems with your balance and restriction in your neck movements you could be experiencing the aftereffects of this. The role of physiotherapy is to identify functional problems, establish short and long term goals and help you achieve them with hands-on techniques, advice and exercises.

Our treatments always include hands-on techniques but there are also therapeutic exercises involved that help to establish equilibrium in the area.