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Plate V
Headaches & jaw
Headache and jaw clinic
45 minutes with Daniel for headaches that start in the neck, jaw pain and clicking, and clenching.
Within the week
Plate V, fig. 1The plate
What it is, in plain words.
A headache that begins at the base of the skull and creeps forward, a jaw that clicks or locks, teeth that are sore in the morning: these are usually one problem seen from three angles. Daniel's clinic looks at the neck, the jaw and how you clench, and treats all three by hand.
What it is for
Cervicogenic headache (from the neck), tension-type headache, jaw pain and clicking, and the neck stiffness that goes with grinding. Osteopathy can help prevent migraine attacks in some people; it does not treat a migraine in progress, and it is not for a new, severe or unusual headache, which needs a doctor first.
Working with your dentist
If you grind, a night guard from your dentist and treatment here work better together. We write to your dentist if you want us to.
Headache days halved by visit 3 for 64% of clinic patients (2025, demonstration data)
What should I wear?
Something loose you can move in. For a back or hip we may ask you to strip to underwear or wear shorts; we have shorts and a gown, a towel covers you, and you can keep leggings on if you prefer. You can bring someone with you. Say what you are comfortable with and we work around it.
Headache and jaw clinicPlate V
£6845 minutes
- length
- 45 min
- price
- £68
- sessions
- 1, then 2 to 4
- insurer
- Bupa, AXA, Vitality, WPA billed directly
No GP referral needed. Move or cancel up to 24 hours ahead at no charge.
Plate V, fig. 2What happens
Visit by visit, sheet by sheet.
Weekly at first, then spaced out; a scored review before anything is booked on hope.
What £68 includes
- 45 minutes with an osteopath who runs the clinic weekly
- Neck, jaw and upper-back examination
- Hands-on treatment of the neck, jaw muscles and, with consent, inside the mouth with gloves
- A headache diary and a jaw-rest routine
- A note to your dentist or GP if useful
- Dry needling included where it helps
Risks, in plain words
- 1.Soreness in the jaw or neck for a day
- 2.A short headache after neck treatment happens occasionally
- 3.Neck manipulation is used sparingly here and only with screening and consent
Consent is asked for each technique. You can decline any of them and still be treated.
- I
Visit 1
Examination of neck and jaw, first treatment, the diary and rest routine
- II
Visit 2, within a week
Treatment progressed; the diary shows the pattern
- III
Visit 3, the review
Headache days counted against the first fortnight; plan continues, changes or we refer
- IV
Visits 4 to 5
Spaced out; most people are down to occasional visits
Plate V, fig. 3For, and not for
Who it suits, and who we send elsewhere first.
For
- Headaches that start in the neck or after screen time
- Jaw pain, clicking or locking
- Morning jaw ache from clenching or grinding
- Neck stiffness with headaches
- Seen
- Within the week
- Price
- £68
- Length
- 45 minutes
- With
- Daniel Okafor
- Door
- Up one flight of stairs
Not for, or not first
- A sudden, severe or 'worst ever' headache, or one with fever, stiff neck, weakness or confusion: 999 or A&E
- New headaches over 50, or a change in a long-standing pattern: GP first
- A migraine in progress: not the moment for treatment
Not sure? Is it my back, my posture or my desk?
Plate V, fig. 4Prices
Headache and jaw clinic: every price.
Self-pay prices, fixed before you book
- First visit, 45 minutes£68
- Follow-up, 30 minutes£52
- Osteopathy follow-up£52
30 minutes
- Dry needling add-on£12
Within your appointment
Self-pay prices, fixed before you book.Prices & blocks →
Follow-ups, per visit
- Pay as you go£52
The right choice if your plan is two or three visits.
- Block of 4£48
Saves £16 on 4 visits
- Block of 8£45
Saves £56 on 8 visits
After discharge, maintenance memberships from £42 a month.
Do you treat inside the mouth?
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.
Sudden severe back pain?
Acute back pain seen today.
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.
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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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- 07:30–19:30
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- 08:00–13:00