Jeanette Thomson
Location : Barnet, EN5
Address : 66 Grasvenor Avenue,Barnet, EN5 2DB
Contact : Call 0845 680 0615 to make an appointment with the practice. Let us know if you need an evening or weekend appointment. Calls may be monitored or recorded.
Description : Jeanette Thomson qualified in Osteopathic Medicine and Naturopathy in 1982 and in Homeopathic Medicine in 1985. She is celebrating 25 years of practice in North London. She is a member of the Osteopathic Sports Care Association, has trained in both Medical and Chinese Acupuncture and is a member of the British Medical Acupuncture Society. She has travelled widely attending conferences and teaching in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. She recently contributed to Health Which magazine (August 2003) "Yoga and Pilates -are your Instructors Qualified?" Her treatments often combine acupuncture and homeopathic medicine with osteopathy, naturopathy and laser therapy. Other treatments such as therapeutic massage, relation therapy, reflexology and cranial osteopathy are used when indicated
Specialities : Sports injuries, Combined treatments of osteopathy, acupuncture and homeopathy for all the family
Directions to Jeanette Thomson
Osteopaths at Jeanette Thomson are happy to treat patients with any condition listed above.
Back pain
More than 65% of British men and women will suffer at least one episode of severe back pain during their adult lives. Pain can be caused by a trauma such as an accident or fall or as the result of bad posture, cramped working conditions at a computer or behind a steering wheel or as a result of lifting heavy loads. Frequently the cause is an unexpected event which triggers an underlying disc weakness. The result can be intense pain and, in extreme cases, a complete lack of mobility. Traditional treatment protocols ordinarily resort to drugs and rest. However, the physical therapy professions such as osteopathy can often significantly speed recovery through massage, manipulation and mobilsation of joints.
Rebound headaches
Rebound headaches are the result of taking too many painkillers. Osteopaths frequently see patients presenting with headaches. On taking a history it then emerges that the patient has a chronic painful condition such as arthritis for which they are taking large quantities of pain-killers on a continual basis. However, these headaches are actually caused by the analgesics themselves. One indicator suggestive of a rebound headache is that symptoms are worse in the morning right after waking. This is due to the pain numbing effect of the drug wearing-off overnight. Osteopaths will suggest that patients cut-back on the quantities of drugs they are taking and rather focus on the real cause of their complaint. If, for example, the issue was arthritis there are a number of non-analgesic supplements which can be taken as well as physical relief and exercises.
