Is it true that osteopathy can improve migraines, tension headaches and neuralgies?
There are different types of migraines depending on the structures that produce symptoms. They can be vasoconstrictors or vasodilators; we can find neuralgies caused by Arnold nerve irritation, facial or trigeminal nerve inflammation. They may affect the whole head or only a hemi cranium. They may be accompanied by vomiting, photosensitivity, noise intolerance and are all very disabling. The osteopath must study the case and analyze, among other elements, the different cranial sutures covered by membranous tissue (meningeal) through which nerves and vessels pass and if it retracts it can irritate or compress these structures leading to migraine or neuralgia. In other cases the cause can be metabolic in which the aim of treatment will be to improve circulation and give nutritional advice to reduce the possibility of a vascular inflammatory reaction, as well as stimulate excretion mechanisms to get rid of toxins in the body. As always, the capacity to self regulate will gauge the outcome
