OR Headache Treatment|Bend
Healing Whiplash at the Root: Restoring Motion, Not Chasing Pain
Whiplash is often treated like a soft tissue injury. Ice it. Stretch it. Strengthen it. And sometimes that helps… a little. But if you’ve worked with enough people, you already know the truth: many never fully recover. The pain lingers. The neck stiffens. The nervous system feels “off.” Something deeper is being missed. From the…
Read MoreHelping the Body Heal from Complex Injuries
Complex injuries rarely come from a single problem. Someone may arrive with neck pain, back pain, headaches, or lingering symptoms after surgery or an accident. Often they have already tried physical therapy, chiropractic care, massage, or medication. Sometimes those approaches help temporarily. Sometimes they don’t seem to reach the deeper issue. What many people discover…
Read MoreA Deeper Way to Work with the Body: My Upcoming 12-Month Practitioner Training
In every manual therapy practice there comes a moment of quiet frustration. You’ve trained extensively. You know anatomy. You’ve learned technique after technique. And yet some clients plateau. Some chronic conditions don’t fully resolve. And occasionally you leave a session feeling like you were close to the root cause — but not quite there. This…
Read MoreHealing 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 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 More