The focus here is on enhancing overall wellbeing. AK is a system that uses muscle testing to evaluate areas of dysfunction within the body. Nutritional assessment looks at the food, liquids and supplements we consume and how these can optimise health. Reiki aims to still our mind and create inner peace.
Applied Kinesiology (AK) is a system that uses basic muscle testing for evaluating areas of dysfunction within the body. AK uses the proprioceptive aspects of the nervous system (the part relating to joints and muscles) to assess the function of the musculo-skeletal system and also the chemical and mental-emotional aspects of health and wellbeing. Health is composed of structural, chemical and mental factors which must be balanced and this is known to naturopaths and osteopaths as “The triad of health”. Ill health will involve at least one of these factors, often two or all three are involved. The AK practitioner will analyse and check all three factors.
What can AK help with?
AK can refine the examination and diagnostic testing of any of the musculoskeletal problems normally associated with a visit to an osteopath, such as low back pain, neck pain or sciatica. It can also help with any functional aspects of health by highlighting which areas of health are below par and may therefore be contributing to symptoms.
What to expect when you see an AK practitioner
You should expect to be actively involved in the examination, diagnostic process and the solution. AK, used alongside a careful case history and standard diagnostic tests, brings a better insight into how the body is functioning. Testing will include aspects of musculoskeletal, visceral (your body organs and glands), metabolic (such as toxicity or nutrient deficiency), and cranial disturbances. Treatment may involve manipulation of the joints and muscles, nutritional support, homeopathic or herbal remedies, and protocols to deal with stress, together with lifestyle or exercise advice.
ICAK UK
There are various practitioners who describe themselves as “Kinesiologists”. However, to be a full member of ICAK, of which the UK has it’s own chapter, there is a minimum undergraduate training requirement, which is, “a single professional education with a minimum of 3500 hours and a degree such as DC, DDS, PPM, MD, DO, PhD in psychology. An absolute requirement is the licence to diagnose.”
In practice that means, in the UK, most members are osteopaths and chiropractors, though the chapter also includes medical doctors, acupuncturists and other practitioners with appropriate undergraduate training.
Developed in Japan, by Buddhist Mikao Usui, Reiki uses the principle of light touch with the philosophy and belief that energy is expelled and received through energy centres in the body known as the Chakras, it is these centres that the Reiki Practitioner focusses on throughout the treatment.
During your Reiki therapy session, you will be asked to lay down fully clothed and relax on a treatment couch. Your practitioner will gently place their hands over the different energy centres, gradually working from your head through to your feet during each treatment.
Reiki is a very gentle and non-invasive therapy with some people reporting a sense of warmth, calm and relaxation during and after a Reiki treatment.
Food, whether in relation to its production, culture and lifestyle or health and nutrition, is seldom out of the news these days. At the same time ironically, so much ill health in the UK is directly attributable to poor diet – obesity, diabetes and heart disease being just a few obvious ones.
It can feel like we are being bombarded with advice and ideas about nutrition and diets and sometimes it seems to be conflicting or contradictory. Many of us do not make the connection between how we are feeling physically and emotionally with how we are eating.
Helen can help you understand the basics about good nutrition, and make the right choices for you and your lifestyle. She can help you pin point the foods you eat that may be contributing or causing symptoms of ill health or discomfort, and help you regain balance. Some dietary choices could be contributing to inflammatory processes and allergies or gut disturbances.
Helen will make use of a careful case history, diet diaries and a variety of laboratory testing (blood and urine tests) along with manual muscle testing to assist in formulating the dietary advice along with lifestyle and exercise choices.
This involves an initial consultation lasting about 60 minutes. This could be looking at and reviewing your diet, exercise, weight management, body-shape, fitness, your goals and your aspirations. You may be looking to improve your fitness and need assistance with this due to injury. Perhaps an injury has left you fearful to exercise and you need some 1-2-1 guidance on what to do, when to do it and how often. You may have an occasion coming up and want to loose a few pounds and increase your overall tone. Whatever your goals, Nicki can help guide you with an exercise, fitness and weight management plan and show you what you need to do. She can then be with you as little or as often as you need, after the initial visit, to review your progress and ensure you stay focused on your goals. She can also assist your progress using an online tool to monitor how you are doing, so you can both track your progression towards your goal. Any follow-up visits will last 30 minutes.
Your first visit
Find out about what to expect from your first visit to Broadwater Osteopathic Practice.
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Spinal Stenosis
Spinal stenosis is a condition which affects many people and happens when the space around the spinal cord becomes narrowed.
This occurs most commonly in the lumbar region, but can occur in the cervical region too.
As the space becomes narrow, there may be pressure on the spinal cord and also the supporting blood and nerve supplies too. This will then affect levels below the area of restriction.
The main reason for the narrowing is wear and tear due to arthritic change. Arthritis can lead to bony outgrowths on your joints and thickening of ligaments too, which can encroach the spinal canal.
Sometimes vertebral collapse can also cause this as a result of trauma or osteoporosis.
It is common for patients who have stenosis to present with back and/or leg pain which may affect 1 or both legs. The pain tends to be worse when walking, especially a distance and is eased by sitting, resting or bending forwards.
Often people will mention their symptoms ease when they push the supermarket trolley. It is more common in the older ager groups, due to degenerative change, but can also occur as a result of other underlying conditions like Ankylosing Spondylitis or Paget’s disease.
Osteopathic treatment, although not altering the underlying condition, can help to improve function and mobility, alongside prescriptive exercise to ease pressure on the spinal cord.
Patients will often respond favourably with this approach and it can help reduce the need for surgical intervention.
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Osteopathy and Indian Head Massage could assist sinusitis problems
The sinuses are small air filled chambers which are located above your eyes, around your nose and in your cheekbones.
Their function is to warm and moisten the air as it makes its way to the lungs and to trap bacteria.
The bacteria can then be removed when you swallow or blow your nose.
When there is inflammation of the membrane linings, sinusitis develops and drainage becomes restricted.
This may lead to infection, headache and pain in the face, over the eyes, into the teeth and jaw and generally make you feel pretty awful.
Medications can be given to help ease symptoms, reduce the inflammation and dry the area up, but treatments may help to address problems underlying the cause.
Osteopathy may help with movement of the neck, upper body, lymphatic drainage and address cranial and muscular tensions, which could be worsening or maintaining symptoms. Indian head massage may also provide similar relief.
Both will work to encourage better drainage of the sinuses and aid prevention of the mucus build up.
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