Plate V
Headaches & jaw
Headaches that start in the neck, jaw pain and clicking, and the clenching that links the two. Daniel's clinic on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.
Within the week
Plate V, fig. 1What we see
Most of it is routine, some of it is this week, and a few things are not us at all.
Plate V
Seen: within the week.
First visit from £68. Rooms two and three, up one flight of stairs; ask for the ground floor when booking if you need it. You see Ruth or Daniel.
Cervicogenic and tension-type headaches: they start at the back of the head and creep forward, and they come with a stiff neck.
Daniel's clinic on Tuesday or Thursday. A new, sudden or 'worst ever' headache, or one with fever, stiff neck or confusion, is 999 or A&E, not us.
Pain or clicking in the jaw joint, often from clenching or grinding, often with neck stiffness and morning headaches.
The headache and jaw clinic. A night guard from your dentist works alongside; we write to them if you like. A locked jaw that will not open is a dentist or A&E today.
Plate V, fig. 2Treatments on this plate
Price is fixed before you book; length is what you get.
45 minutes with Daniel for headaches that start in the neck, jaw pain and clicking, and clenching.
Daniel Okafor · next Wed 09:30
£6845 minutes
Book →30 minutes: what changed since last time, treatment, the exercises progressed.
Ruth Ashdown · next Tue 08:15
£5230 minutes
Book →Fine needles into tight muscle, added to any osteopathy or chiropractic visit for £12.
Ruth Ashdown · next Tue 08:15
£12Within your appointment
Book →Plate V, fig. 3Who you see
Every osteopath is on the GOsC register; the chiropractor on the GCC's.
Plate V, fig. 4Before you book
Headaches & jaw
Stop here first
Some things are not ours, or not ours first.
Honest about the evidence
We use it for muscle pain and tightness; we do not claim it treats anything beyond that.
Written inside the GOsC and ASA advertising rules, and it says so.
Sometimes, with gloves and only with your consent, because the muscle that clenches is easiest reached from inside the cheek. It is odd for about ten seconds and most people find it the thing that helps.
Yes. A block is eight follow-ups at the wharf with any osteopath or the chiropractor, and can be shared with someone at your address.
Same needles, different idea. We put them into the muscle that hurts rather than along acupuncture points, and take them out within a few minutes.
Any time, though in the first twelve weeks treatment is advice-led and very gentle. Most pelvic and back pain starts around twenty weeks, and that is when most people come.
No, and we will not claim to. That is a conversation with your midwife about a procedure called ECV. We can make you more comfortable while you wait for it.
Many do, because a DSE assessment is something they are supposed to provide. Ask, or give them Daniel's number; we invoice companies directly.
Sudden severe back pain?
Phone and Grace answers. Say where it hurts and whether you can do mornings.
01632 960440everything else within 48 hours. No GP referral needed.
Two doors, one green
Green door, Lock Lane (ground floor)
Step-free.
Back & neck Pregnancy & postnatal Babies & children Older adults & balance Second opinion
Green door, then one flight of stairs (rooms 2 and 3)
One flight of stairs; ask for the ground floor if you need it.
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