Posts Tagged ‘Seattle Hellerwork’
Advanced 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 MoreThe often overlooked systems.
Many chronic pain issues are caused by strains and adhesion’s in systems that rarely get treated with hands-on therapies. The work of Visceral Manipulation addresses these systems to restore function and hep the body to heal itself. Visceral Manipulation treats all the tissues of the body including: nerves, arteries, bones, joints, the cranium and of course organs.…
Read MoreVisceral Manipulation can help heal hiatal hernia’s
When the valve from the esophagus to the stomach becomes dysfunctional, acid from the stomach finds its way up into the esophagus. If this persists the esophagus can become damaged resulting in many complications, some potentially more serious than others. The work of Visceral Manipulation aims to restore proper mobility, glide and function to the…
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 MoreAbout Rolfing. Bend, OR therapist Michael Hahn.
Rolfing® was developed by Dr. Ida P. Rolf over the course of her lifetime. Dr. Rolf studied yoga early on in her life and this helped inform how she developed the hands-on work known as Rolfing. She was greatly influenced by the work of Osteopathy and realized that the body’s relationship to gravity was a…
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,…
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