Can osteopathic treatments improve the overall picture of the patient with a common migraine?
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Can osteopathic treatments improve the overall picture of the patient with a
common migraine? - Author(s)
- Spannbauer Maria
- Abstract
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Can osteopathic treatments improve the overall picture of the patient with a common migraine, specifically the subjective well-being using the „Black Box Method”, with consistent intake of medication?
In the civilised world migraine is a common disease. Migraine affects people of all races, ages, cultures, personality types, occupations and income levels. Migraine is an important target for treatment because it is not only common, it is disabling and costly and it has major comorbidities. On the one hand this is an economic burden due to missed work, absence or reduced efficiency and, on the other hand, each individual suffers from reduced quality of life. Therefore it is the major target of my study to proof the efficacy of osteopathy in the treatment of common migraine.
Migraine forms a clinical picture which is influenced and released by multiple factors (trigger factors). Osteopathic treatment takes the whole person into consideration and seeks to recognise multiple influences and connections and to develop from them an individual “red thread” throughout the therapy.
If improvement of the symptoms succeeds in such a multifaceted and complicated illness like migraine through osteopathic treatment, this would be further proof of the need for individual treatment plans and it would be another success for the general idea of osteopathy.
Twenty-six patients took part in my study. With the help of the MIDAS questionnaire – which was developed especially for the verification of the migraine – I evaluated the state of the patient three times: three months before beginning therapy, after ten treatments and three months after ending the therapy. The patients thereby operated as their own control group (within subject design) and I could document long-term results. After taking an exact anamnesis with every patient, and have carried out a thorough examination, an individual treatment plan was made. According to the needs of my patient – and using the “Black Box Method”, I chose structural, visceral and cranio sacral therapy approaches.
The considerable improvement in the conditions of the patients in their own opinions is a very rewarding outcome of this study. - presented at
- Wiener Schule für Osteopathie
- Date Accepted
- 2008
- Date Submitted
- 1.11.2008 00:00:00
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 13807
- Inst-Identifier
- 781
- Keywords
- Migraine
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- SpannbauerMaria.pdf
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- SpannbauerMaria.pdf
Spannbauer Maria, “Can osteopathic treatments improve the overall picture of the patient with a common migraine?”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 8, 2024, https://www.osteopathic-research.com/s/orw/item/2970