Neck, back and shoulder pain. Sports injuries. Muscle and ligament pain. Repetitive strain injury. These are a handful of reasons why you might seek the healing hands of an osteopath.
So, when our experienced naturopaths deem it necessary to recommend osteopathy to help alleviate gut issues, you’ll be forgiven for raising an eyebrow.
Take Julie, for example. Having suffered with constipation for years, Julie consulted an IMI naturopath who, after analysing her condition, prescribed nourishing supplements. But Julie’s slower-than-expected response to these highly effective supplements prompted a need for further investigation. The naturopath recommended an osteopathic assessment.
One of our osteopaths reviewed Julie’s detailed medical history, asked a series of questions, and palpated her abdomen to identify a reaction to pain or density in her organs. This allowed him to get closer to the culprit.
And that’s when the source of Julie’s angst revealed itself.
“Years earlier, she’d been in a car accident that had affected her cervical spine. I released her neck and vagus nerve, which controls her digestive organs, and within one month of osteopathic and naturopathic care Julie’s constipation challenges disappeared,” our osteopath recounts.
Through careful analysis and a series of manipulations and mobilisations, there are a myriad of gut issues IMI’s team of osteopaths can help to overcome. These include (but are not limited to):
Constipation, diarrhoea, abdominal pain and bloating.
Hormonal imbalance, autoimmune conditions, and leaky gut – caused by dysbiosis, an overgrowth of harmful bacteria in the gut.
Nagging pain in the gut that has nothing to do with exercise and everything to do with your belly and liver. “Some musculo-skeletal aches and pains can be partly referred from specific organs, and after releasing them, your pain can dissipate,” our osteopath explains.
Related digestive organ dysfunctions, such as in the stomach and gallbladder.
And, control of the digestive organs through the sympathetic and parasympathetic pathways. “Stress. Screens. Sleep-deprivation. Our sympathetic ‘fight or flight’ system is working overtime. We breathe less, which increases acidity, easing the growth of harmful bacteria in the gut. An osteopath can help activate the parasympathetic ‘relaxation’ system, improving both gut health and mental wellbeing.
The go-to natural and integrated medicine clinic for gut issues, you can rely on our naturopaths and osteopaths to get to the bottom of your gut-health challenges and create a customised plan to help you thrive.
(Our client requested an alias to protect her privacy.)
整骨療法可以幫助治愈腸道問題
一般尋求整骨治療師可能都是因為頸部、背部和肩部疼痛、運動損傷、肌肉和韌帶疼痛或重複性勞損等問題。但其實，整骨療法還可以幫助緩解腸道問題。
以我們其中一位客人Julie為例。她多年來飽受便秘困擾，IMI的自然療法師對她的情況進行分析後，為她處方了一些營養補充品。但Julie對這些高效補充品的反應比預期慢。經過自然療法師進一步查檢查後。建議她進行骨科評估。
IMI整骨醫師翻查了Julie的詳細病歴後，詢問了一系列問題，檢查她器官中出現的疼痛或密度反應。就在這時，Julie的便秘原因終於解開。
“幾年前，她發生了一場車禍影響了她的頸椎。我釋放了她的頸部和控制消化器官的迷走神經，在整骨療法和自然療法的護理下，Julie 的便秘情況在一個月內消失了，”整骨醫師憶述。
通過仔細分析和治療，IMI的骨科醫師團隊可以幫助克服無數的腸道問題包括:
- 便秘、腹瀉、腸易激綜合症和腹脹。
- 關節和肌肉的慢性炎症、荷爾蒙失調、自身免疫性疾病和腸漏症。
- 與腸道和肝臟有關的疼痛。一些肌肉骨骼的疼痛部分可能是來自特定的器官問題，當舒緩經治療後，疼痛就會消失散。
- 胃和胆囊的消化功能失調，透過調整交感神經和副交感神經恢復消化器官功能。
壓力、過長時間使用電子產品、睡眠不足都會使我們的交感神經過度緊張。使我們呼吸減少增加了身體的酸度，激發了腸道中害菌的生長，從而引起炎症。炎症會出現在身體的不同部位。整骨治療師可以幫助激活副交感神經系統，令炎症情況得到改善。
在IMI，你可以透過我們的自然療法師和整骨治療師的幫助，治癒困擾你很久的腸道問題。
