Headache Treatments in Mineola: Introducing the Mulligan Concept

Are you suffering from migraines and are looking for headache treatments in Mineola? Headache pain can be a tricky health issue. Sometimes, all you need to do to alleviate your pain is to take some ibuprofen. Other times, the pain can be so excruciating that you cannot see straight or move. There are many different headache treatments that can be used to resolve your pain. Many of these headache treatments can be done at home with remedies such as:

Lavender oil– this can be inhaled or applied to your skin using a cotton ball. The smell of lavender smells great and also has been proven to quickly help alleviate headache pain.

Peppermint oil- similarly to lavender oil, peppermint oil helps with headache pain as well. Peppermint aroma opens blood vessels which allows blood to flow more easily to and from the brain. It also allows the sinuses to open, allowing more oxygen to get into the bloodstream.

Basil oil-inhaling basil oil has been found to relieve headache pain that is caused by muscles tension.

Headaches are often caused by lack of blood flow to and from the brain or low oxygen levels.  Because of the physiological roots of some head pain, physical therapy is a successful method for treating headaches, especially migraines. Common methods in Physical Therapy include teaching the patient how to ice the site of pain properly and stretching exercises that can help with the neck pain that is associated with migraines. Physical therapy can also teach family members and friends massage tips that can be used when someone is suffering from a migraine. Now, Physical Therapy is so much more than icing and massaging; introducing the Mulligan Concept.

The Mulligan Concept involves mobilization and movement therapies that have been found to relieve pain by a simple technique of repositioning the body.  

The physical therapist may be able to locate the nerve, joint, or muscle that is causing the headache pain and effectively treat a specific body part in hopes of lessening the pain and frequency of headaches.  This technique introduces pain free ways to manually reposition the body to stretch and compress target areas in order to relieve both tension and pain. An example of a movement used in the Mulligan Concept to treat head pain is turning your head as far as you can in one direction holding light pressure on your chin while a Physical Therapist applies pressure to a target area on your shoulders.  It might be hard to believe that your pain can be relieved by something that seems so simple as the Mulligan Concept, a Manual Physical Therapy, but the answer to your pain might actually be that easy.

No more popping pills- just a deep breath, move, and stretch.  If you  are suffering from headaches and migraines, Enhanced Physical Therapy can help you. Enhanced Physical Therapy offers headache treatments in Mineola.

If you want to alleviate your pain and avoid headaches, we can help in a variety of different ways. Enhanced Physical Therapy offers many types of headache treatments in Mineola.