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Healing in Bend, Oregon
Good day! Having a hard time recovering from an injury, fall, car accident etc? Often after an accident it can take months for the body to find a new equilibrium and often the function of your anatomy has been reduced. That loss leads to global restrictions, leg length imbalances and pain throughout the body. It…
Read MoreAdvanced work with joint capsules.
A man in his 50’s came in for a first session to help restore movement in his body that has slowly been lost over the decades. The most limiting area in his body was a shoulder that had been “frozen” for years. He left the office with almost full range of motion in his shoulder.…
Read MoreLung restrictions are often part of TMJ dysfunctions.
The human body is designed to move in very specific ways. Many chronic pain issues, including TMJ dysfunction have their origins rooted in body restrictions often poorly understood, rarely assessed and usually not treated. The lungs are covered in a membrane called the visceral pleura, the ribcage is lined with a continuation of that same…
Read MoreWhat is the craniosacral rhythm?
Our spinal cord and brain are wrapped in a strong membrane called dura mater derived from the Latin “tough mother”, it is tough, inflexible and leather-like. The bones of the head are bonded to the the dura and it attaches to the first three vertebrae in the upper neck before it glides through the…
Read MoreA gentle treatment for torticollis – Bend, OR Cranial Sacral Therapy for infants and children.
A gentle treatment for torticollis – Bend, OR Cranial Sacral Therapy for infants and children. It is very common for a newborn to come into this world with torticollis, basically muscles on one side of the neck that are short causing side bending and often rotation. It is not hard to imagine that after being…
Read MoreTime to heal that back pain!
Maybe a few years or decades ago you had a fall while skiing, playing soccer or wrestling with the yard waste bin (sounds odd, it happens). The possibilities are endless, although the end results are similar. PAIN! Often we do not think about or even know our spinal cords should glide within many of our…
Read MoreThe growth of our Brain
Information about the evolution of our brain… The hemispheres of what was to evolve into the human brain began to develop 250 million years ago.(1) 100 million years ago they developed lateral specialization, and very slowly began to grow in size. 65 million years ago protohominid brain volume had reached 30 cubic centimeters, 20 million…
Read MoreHealing headaches – Bend, OR therapist Michael Hahn
There are many types of headaches and the causes can vary dramatically. One of the underlying components with headaches is often swelling, pressure and restrictions in a variety of tissues. The osteopathic style work I offer allows for quick assessment of the body to determine the most potent places to work. The treatments usually include…
Read MoreHistory of Cranial Sacral Therapy
Cranial Sacral Therapy sprouted out of the work of Osteopathy. Cranial Osteopathy was originated by physician William Sutherland, DO (1873-1954) in 1898-1900. While looking at a disarticulated skull, Sutherland was struck by the idea that the cranial sutures of the temporal bones where they meet the parietal bones were “beveled, like the gills of a fish,…
Read MoreVisceral Manipulation treatments help you heal from surgery
There are many layers with in our body. These layers are all designed to move, glide and stretch a certain way. When we have a surgery to our body these layers are cut through and during the healing process loose a considerable amount of the original designed movement. Receiving Visceral Manipulation prior to surgeries helps…
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