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Every day 200,000 people in the UK suffer from migraines - that’s one seventh of the population. The actual cost to the UK is £4.8 billion a year and the WHO lists migraine in the top 20 disabilities world-wide.
80% of headaches and migraines come from joint problems in the spine at the top of the neck, but still the standard medical treatment is painkillers and other medications instead of offering treatment to correct these joint problems by referring to physiotherapists who are registered with the Watson Headache Institute.
So what can be done for headache sufferers?
Dean Watson is an Australian physiotherapist who for the past 20 years has examined and treated the upper necks of headache and migraine sufferers exclusively. His 21,000 hours of clinical experience with over 7000 headache and migraine sufferers is unique.
Wendy Emberson and Diana Brace are Chartered Physiotherapists at Stortford Grange and they completed Level I and Level II of Dean Watson’s courses in 2008/09 and are listed on the international register of the Watson Headache Institute.
What will it cost?
We are offering a specific Cost per Condition fee for the treatment of Headaches and Migraines at £500.
This single, fixed fee covers all the treatments required and may be paid as one amount or by an agreed credit arrangement with Stortford Grange Ltd.
“Physiotherapists have the necessary manual therapy skills to treat these joint problems.
What they need is the specific examination techniques to make the correct diagnosis”, says Dean.
He has shown that temporary reproduction of head pain during the clinical examination confirms that the pain is coming from the neck. Scans don’t show what happens when the joints are moving, but a skilled clinical examination will identify the problems. This diagnostic accuracy is unparalleled in manual therapy fields/disciplines.
These advanced clinical skills and knowledge form the basis of the Watson Headache Approach, which Dean now teaches internationally.
The effectiveness of this approach has recently been demonstrated by his groundbreaking PhD research which confirms reproduction and lessening of familiar head pain in migraine sufferers desensitises the brainstem - the disorder which not only underpins the migraine process, but other headache syndromes.
This is truly an exciting discovery because this mirrors the temporary effect of the heavy-duty anti-migraine medication.
Dean Watson PhD is recognised internationally as the most experienced manual therapist in the role of upper neck disorders in headache/migraine conditions.
His mission now is to train thousands of physiotherapists across the world so that every headache/migraine sufferer has access to his examination and treatment protocols.
Visit his website www.yourheadachesoulutions,co.uk for more information.
Dean Watson
Mappsc (Research - Manipulative Therapy)
MMPAA, MAPA
Consultant Headache and Migraine Physiotherapist
www.yourheadachesolutions.co.uk
Accurate diagnosis of exactly how the joints of the top 3 vertebrae, and the joints with the skull, work with each other needs a very specific and specialised examination
Headaches and Migraines