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16/04/2021

16/04/2021

08/07/2020

De plastic kinmaskers die je wel eens ziet, bieden niet genoeg bescherming en zijn daarom niet toegelaten in het ziekenhuis.

03/07/2020

Text neck?
What about Newspaper neck? :)
Or: a neck in a prolonged flexed position, which is fine.. your head won't fall off. Just move more.
The best posture is your next posture.
Let's not be so fearful. Our body is strong and robust.

02/07/2020

Meer dan een jaar na het arrest van de Raad van State hebben bepaalde mutualiteiten nog steeds de terugbetaling aan patiënten van gedeconventioneerde kinesitherapeuten niet geregulariseerd. Zij hebben recht op een bijkomende terugbetaling van 25% voor prestaties geleverd in 2017.

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13/01/2020

🔈 OCCIPITAL NEURALGIA

Occipital Neuralgia or C2 Neuralgia is a form of headache in which there is throbbing electric-shock like pain in upper neck, back of head, and behind ears generally occurring on one side of head. The pain generally begins in neck and then slowly radiates upward. Some people may also have pain in forehead, scalp, and behind eyes and there maybe tenderness in the scalp and eyes become sensitive to light. The pain is located in areas supplied by greater and lesser occipital nerve, which runs from area where spinal column meets neck to scalp at back of head.

Occipital Neuralgia or C2 Neuralgia can often be confused with migraine or other types of headache because the symptoms can be similar, but occipital neuralgia is a distinct disorder that requires an accurate diagnosis to be treated properly.

There Are Two Major Types of Occipital Neuralgia or C2 Neuralgia:

🔎 Greater Occipital Neuralgia: Greater occipital neuralgia is a common type of posttraumatic headache, but is also seen in patients without injury. The pressure, aching, stabbing, or throbbing pain may be in a nuchal-occipital, temporal, parietal, frontal, periorbital, or retro-orbital distribution. The headache may last for minutes or hours to days and can be unilateral or bilateral.

🔎 Lesser Occipital Neuralgia: Lesser occipital neuralgia is similar to that of greater occipital neuralgia, but the pain generally refers more laterally over the head.

The pathophysiology of Occipital Neuralgia or C2 Neuralgia is unknown although it may by secondary to whiplash injuries as well as systemic or local diseases. It is believed to be related to increased muscle activity in the cervical region or entrapment of the second cranial nerve root by paravertebral structures.

Occipital Neuralgia or C2 Neuralgia can be caused by multiple different factors the most common cause being a head trauma. Neck injury such as a whiplash may result in damage and inflammation to the occipital region causing pain and nerve irritation. Occipital Neuralgia or C2 Neuralgia may be caused due to pinching or entrapment of the nerve root in the neck with the most common causes being tumors, tight muscles, and some spine conditions. Diabetes or gout may also cause occipital neuralgia, but are less common. However, the cause is unknown is some of the cases.

🔎 Symptoms for Occipital Neuralgia or C2 Neuralgia May Include:

- Burning, aching and throbbing pain that starts typically at the base of the head and radiates to the scalp
- Pain can be on one side or both sides of the head
- Sensitivity to light
- Pain behind the eye
- Scalp tenderness
- Pain when moving the neck.

🔑 Treatment of Occipital Neuralgia

- Pain killers
- Applying heat to the neck
- Resting in a quiet room
- Massage of the tight and painful neck muscles
- Muscle relaxants
- Surgery.

30/09/2019

PLANTAR FASCIITIS SELF-TREATMENT

Regular, gentle stretching of your Achilles tendon and plantar fascia may help to ease your symptoms. This is because most people with plantar fasciitis have a slight tightness of their Achilles tendon. If this is the case, it tends to pull at the back of your heel and has a knock-on effect of keeping your plantar fascia tight. Also, when you are asleep overnight, your plantar fascia tends to tighten up (which is why it is usually most painful first thing in the morning). The aim of these exercises is to loosen up the tendons and fascia gently above and below your heel.

1. Soleus Stretch
With both knees apart and your toes facing forward, lean into the wall until you feel the stretch in your lower calf. Hold for 30 seconds and repeat 3 times.

2. Step Stretch
Stand with your toes on a step and your heels off the edge. Slowly lower your heels down, hold for 15 seconds, and then lift your heels to their starting position. You can either do both feet at the same time, or one foot at a time. Repeat five times.

3. Roll Stretch
Using a mini roll, roll it back and forth from your toes to your heels. Alternatively you can use a tennis ball or a glass bottle.

4. Plantar Fascia Massage
Using two fingers, apply small circular friction to any tight knots or lumps in the plantar fascia. The pressure should be deep, but not so much that you tighten up with pain.

5. Elastic Strap Stretch
Sit on the floor with your legs straight in from of you. Take a stretch strap and place it around your toes. Gently pull the strap towards you. Hold for 15-30 seconds, then release. Repeat 3 times.

6. Toe Stretch
Place just toes up on the wall with the ball of the foot and heel on the ground. Lean into the wall slowly until stretch is felt. Hold for 30 seconds and repeat 3 times.

Can plantar fasciitis be prevented?
There are certain things that you can do to try to prevent plantar fasciitis, especially if you have had it before. These include:

▪️Regularly changing training shoes used for running or walking
▪️Wearing shoes with good cushioning in the heels and good arch support
▪️Losing weight if you are overweight
▪️Regularly stretching the plantar fascia and Achilles tendon, especially before exercise
▪️Avoiding exercising on hard surfaces

23/09/2019

THE BRACHIAL PLEXUS

The brachial plexus is the network of nerves that sends signals from your spinal cord to your shoulder, arm and hand. A brachial plexus injury occurs when these nerves are stretched, compressed, or in the most serious cases, ripped apart or torn away from the spinal cord.

Minor brachial plexus injuries, known as stingers or burners, are common in contact sports, such as football. Babies sometimes sustain brachial plexus injuries during birth. Other conditions, such as inflammation or tumors, may affect the brachial plexus.

The most severe brachial plexus injuries usually result from auto or motorcycle accidents. Severe brachial plexus injuries can leave your arm paralyzed, with a loss of function and sensation. Surgical procedures such as nerve grafts, nerve transfers or muscle transfers can help restore function.

SYMPTOMS

Signs and symptoms of a brachial plexus injury can vary greatly, depending on the severity and location of your injury. Usually only one arm is affected.

Less severe injuries

Minor damage often occurs during contact sports, such as football or wrestling, when the brachial plexus nerves get stretched or compressed. These are called stingers or burners, and can produce the following symptoms:

A feeling like an electric shock or a burning sensation shooting down your arm

Numbness and weakness in your arm

These symptoms usually last only a few seconds or minutes, but in some people may linger for days or longer.

More-severe injuries

More-severe symptoms result from injuries that seriously injure or even tear or rupture the nerves. The most serious brachial plexus injury (avulsion) occurs when the nerve root is torn from the spinal cord.
Signs and symptoms of more-severe injuries can include:

Weakness or inability to use certain muscles in your hand, arm or shoulder

Complete lack of movement and feeling in your arm, including your shoulder and hand

Severe pain

Causes
Damage to the upper nerves that make up the brachial plexus tends to occur when your shoulder is forced down while your neck stretches up and away from the injured shoulder. The lower nerves are more likely to be injured when your arm is forced above your head.

These injuries can occur in several ways, including:

Contact sports. Many football players experience burners or stingers, which can occur when the nerves in the brachial plexus get stretched beyond their limit during collisions with other players.

Difficult births. Newborns can sustain brachial plexus injuries. These may be associated with high birth weight, breech presentation or prolonged labor. If an infant's shoulders get wedged within the birth canal, there is an increased risk of a brachial plexus palsy. Most often, the upper nerves are injured, a condition called Erb's palsy.

Trauma. Several types of trauma — including motor vehicle accidents, motorcycle accidents, falls or bullet wounds — can result in brachial plexus injuries.

Tumors and cancer treatments. Tumors can grow in or along the brachial plexus, or put pressure on the brachial plexus or spread to the nerves. Radiation treatments to the chest may cause damage to the brachial plexus.

Source: mayoclinic

18/09/2019

🔊 REDEFINE YOUR SPINE - BREATHE INTO YOUR BACK

Most people do not pay enough attention to their daily posture and everyday movement habits, and it can have long-term health consequences if left unimproved. Your breath and posture are undeniably intertwined. Good posture cannot happen if the breath is trapped, restricted, or underused.

What’s more, your posture directly impacts the way your body breathes. Excess pressure on the body’s respiratory diaphragm and intercostal muscles alter the ability of those muscles to dynamically contract and lengthen to their fullest. Ever heard the term “chest breather”? This implies that a person is not fully using their diaphragm and has limited their breath’s movements to the rib cage, neck and shoulder muscles that kick in to help the body breathe when the diaphragm fails.

A chest breather’s posture will alter over time to accommodate the habit of “bad breath.” Bad posture follows you around like a shadow. It shows up in the way you stand while cooking breakfast, waiting in line, or working at your desk, in your form while you exercise, within your yoga routines and even in the way you sleep. Our physical structure begins to adapt to our inefficient position and over time we can develop chronic aches and pains that are directly related to how we carry ourselves in the world.

The spine is intimately connected with the respiratory diaphragm, and understanding their symbiotic relationship will help steer your posture improvement in the right direction. The diaphragm is a parachute-shaped muscle that lines the lower six ribs and the last six vertebrae of thoracic spine. (The thoracic spine has 12 vertebrae, all of which attach to ribs.) The diaphragm also hooks into the front side of most of the lumbar (low back) bones.

Organizing these bones and toning the diaphragm helps rearrange the tension patterns of the spine from the inside-out and provides a more efficient lattice for the diaphragm to elongate and contract upon.

The following exercise targets the back of the diaphragm and the spinal bones and joints that connect with this most important breath muscle.

➡️ RIB ROCK

1. Lie on your back and place two tennis balls along the left side of the spine in the mid-back region.

2. Breathe slowly into the ribs and rock from side-to side and allow the balls to massage in towards the rib joints. Do this for 1-2 minutes on left side of spine, then switch sides. Next, move the balls slightly lower or slightly higher along the thoracic spine and ribs and repeat.

➡️ HOW IT WORKS:

This exercise uncorks tension along the upper back and spine so that the spinal bones regain fluidity and mobility. This frees up trapezius, rhomboids, erectors and intercostal tension, mobilizes rib joints, spinal joints, and posterior diaphragm rib connections, and massages deep back musculature.

12/08/2019

23/07/2019

Stress, vakantie en osteopathie.

Het hele jaar hard werken op bijvoorbeeld bureau of voor de klas en dan ook nog vaak een gezin ernaast… dit gaat je niet in je koude kleren zitten. Je voelt je gespannen, reageert kribbig, slaapt slecht en je krijgt vaak last van allerlei kleine klachtjes zoals nekpijn, hoofdpijn of een pijnlijke pols. Je verlangt naar je vakantie wat je weet dat de oorzaak van je klachten de boog is, die te lang gespannen heeft gestaan. Maar wat blijkt? Juist de verandering van leefomgeving, de reis, een tegenvallende boeking, zieke en vervelende kinderen….vakantie geeft vaak veel meer stress dan dat je verwacht.

Veel beter is om eens te kijken wat je in je dagelijks leven kunt veranderen om af en toe de boog wat minder strak gespannen laten staan. De osteopaat kan u hier in raad en daad in bijstaan . Raadpleeg regelmatig eens een osteopaat en zorg dat u uw stressniveau onder controle heeft zodat u echt van je verdiende vakantie kunt genieten. Wacht niet tot het te laat is en je met een Burn Out thuis komt te zitten…

23/06/2019

07/04/2019

Frozen shoulder: esercizi.

04/04/2019

🔈 WHAT IS THE LINK BETWEEN BACK PAIN AND INDIGESTION?

The answer may lie in the link between the digestive and nervous systems. Nerves from the spinal cord connect to both muscles and organs. Those same nerves that link to specific organs also link to specific muscles in the back.

When you are experiencing stress in one of your digestive organs, that organ will send a message back to the spinal cord via the same nerve that goes to a corresponding muscle. As a result, the corresponding muscle will become tense, contracted and painful.

You may have heard that left shoulder or arm pain may be the only symptom that a person is having a heart attack. The primary nerves that go from the spinal cord to the heart are also the nerves that go from the spinal cord to the muscles of the left arm. When the heart experiences stress, the muscles of the left arm contract and become painful. The same pattern exists for all our digestive organs. Whenever one of the digestive organs is stressed we get contractions and pain in the muscles that share the organ’s corresponding nerve root.

Massage therapy will ease the muscular tension, however it is very important to identify the root cause of the problem. Therefore, as professional massage therapists, we should always carry out a consultation with our clients, so if necessary, we can refer them to see a specialist.

Do you always carry out a consultation with new clients? How long does it normally take it?

23/03/2019

STRETCHING ATLAS