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Watson headache approach

What Is The Watson Headache Approach?

Thousands of Australians suffer from intensely painful and debilitating headaches. According to the world-renowned Mayo Clinic, a primary headache is triggered by “problems with or over activity of pain-sensitive structures in your head.” Moreover, the muscles of your head and neck, the nerves or blood vessels surrounding your skull, chemical activity in your brain, or…

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Are Headaches During Pregnancy Normal?

Headaches can be one of the most common afflictions encountered during pregnancy. Headaches may be experienced at any time during your pregnancy, although they tend to manifest themselves during the first and third trimesters. To date, doctors have not been able to identify precisely why being pregnant triggers headaches. Some researchers point to the hormonal…

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Urinary Incontinence: Can Pelvic Floor Exercises Help?

Do you ever feel a slight discharge of urine, or struggle to ‘hold it’ before reaching the toilet? Then you may be one of the thousands who suffer from a common condition called urinary incontinence. It is thought some 37% or 4,440,000 women in Australia experience urinary incontinence. Many who experience ‘incontinence’ feel too ashamed or…

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5 Links Between Dry Needling And Pain Relief

Pain is one of the most difficult conditions to diagnose accurately and the effectiveness of alternative treatments varies widely from patient to patient. That said, dry needling is a pain alleviation technique, which has shown promising results in assisting patients to overcome back pain, neck pain and pelvic pain from pregnancy. Many patients also discover…

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Before That Spinal Injection

Spinal problems can be severe and many Australians have sought spinal steroid injections to deal with a variety of problems. The focus of today’s discussion is what you should know and consider before a spinal steroid injection. What is it? This type of injection involves shooting potent anti-inflammatory hormones into the body to deal with…

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