Visceral Osteopathy in Nagpur
Visceral Osteopathic Treatment in now available in Nagpur at Osteorehab Curve’s Health & Fitness Center, Nagpur.
Dr. Vaishali V. Kalbande is also trained in Craniosacral therapy.
WHAT IS VISCERAL OSTEOPATHY?
While Osteopaths predominantly work on the balance of muscles, bones, ligaments and tendons, Visceral Osteopaths also consider the movements and quality of internal organs (also called viscera: stomach, liver, intestines, lungs, etc..) to treat back, neck, shoulders, and legs problems.
For instance, an Osteopath could spend most of the time treating an old foot or pelvis issue when you actually present with a neck problem. This is simply because the neck is often the last point of compensation in the body – your eyes will always align with the horizon and as a result, if you have a tilted pelvis, you will tilt your head on your neck to compensate without being aware of it. This would of course result in neck pain!
When it comes to visceral osteopathy, Osteopaths apply the same approach. The stomach and liver are suspended by ligaments to the diaphragm. So when this latter is not moving effectively, it affects the structures that are attached to it.
A good example would be when you deal with stressful situations. Often in those cases you develop a shallow breathing pattern. If the diaphragm is not moving correctly, the stomach, liver, pancreas, intestines will be affected. In the long term, it could lead to heartburn, hiatus hernia, stomach aches or digestives problems. And further down the line, it could also lead to chronic back pain.
How can it cause back pain?
The stomach, liver, intestines and other viscera are partly innervated by nerves that comes out from the spinal cord (housed in your spine). But the nerve traffic goes two ways: it goes to the stomach, but the stomach also sends back messages to the spinal cord (and brain) if it is not happy. If the pain is constant and chronic, the stomach will “bombard” the level of the spinal cord (through the greater splanchnic nerve ) of messages that could be interpreted as muscular pain in the middle of your back by your brain.
That is why we are interested in your eating habits, food intolerance, history of possible IBS. It can have a direct impact on your back. The same applies for the issues with bowels, and any other viscera, including the gynaecological ones.
While Osteopaths would always look at the mechanical aspects of a lesion first, they need to contemplate other aspects of the body. If the patient is not responding to that first line of structural action, you need to take into account additional aspects of the patient’s health and address them. And often it results in positive changes for the patient