Tom Meyers
Osteopath D.O.
Body-centred Stress Coaching
Av. Henri Pauwels 7
1200 Brussels - Woluwe S.L. |
LONG COVID
An Osteopathic Reaset Treatment can help
For some people, the coronavirus (COVID-19) can cause symptoms that last weeks or months after the infection has gone. This is sometimes called post-COVID-19 syndrome or "long COVID.” Scientific research explains that the persistent symptoms in long COVID are caused by increased sensitivity of the central nervous system (CNS) and/or relate it to dysautonomia - a medical condition caused by problems with the autonomic nervous system (ANS). Of great concern is that new research shows changes in the size of certain parts of the brain due to COVID-19.
ABOUT LONG COVID
The time it takes to recover from COVID-19 is different for everyone. Many people feel better in a few days or weeks, and most recover completely in 12 weeks. People who had mild symptoms at first may still have long-term problems. But for some people, the symptoms may last longer. The risk of having long-term symptoms does seem to be related to the health status of the person at the time they receive COVID-19.
LONG COVID SYMPTOMS
Fatigue/exhaustion
Headaches Memory / concentration problems Muscle / joint pain Breathing difficulties Sleep disorders Depressive disorders Anxiety |
LONG COVID IS A CNS / ANS DISORDER
A study from the VUB and UZ Brussel demonstrated that symptoms of increased sensitivity of the nervous system (CNS) occurs in more than 70% of patients with long-term disorders after contracting COVID-19 which leads to diffuse but serious disorders.
Other studies link the symptoms of long COVID to the failure or dysregulation of the sympathetic, or parasympathetic components of the ANS (dysautonomia). |
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References
Jorgelina Parreño D.O (2021). Osteopathic approach on Covid - 19 sequels. ( PDF:)
Marin, T. et al. (2021). Evidence-based assessment of potential therapeutic effects of adjunct osteopathic medicine for multidisciplinary care of acute and convalescent COVID-19 patients. (PDF)
Liem, T. (2020). A 2020 review of osteopathy in the treatment of Covid-19 patients (LINK)
Jorgelina Parreño D.O (2021). Osteopathic approach on Covid - 19 sequels. ( PDF:)
Marin, T. et al. (2021). Evidence-based assessment of potential therapeutic effects of adjunct osteopathic medicine for multidisciplinary care of acute and convalescent COVID-19 patients. (PDF)
Liem, T. (2020). A 2020 review of osteopathy in the treatment of Covid-19 patients (LINK)
Osteopathy is a form of manual therapy that improves the functioning of the human body. The aim is to help the organism find a balance in its entirety and promote self-healing. Unlike what many people think, osteopathy can help with more than just musculoskeletal pain. It can also considered as a primary treatment or be complimentary for a wide range of disorders, a.o. headaches, digestive, organic, neurological and pulmonary problems.
Reaset Body-centred Stress Coaching — in short ‘REASET’ — is a body-mind and educational approach based on osteopathic principles. Its purpose is to stimulate the relaxation response and acts specifically on ailments related to disturbances of the autonomic nervous system including stress, general malaise, mood swings, sleep disturbances, problems with concentration or focus, brain fog forms of anxiety, tension in neck and shoulders…
OSTEOPATHIC REASET TREATMENT
An Osteopathic Reaset Treatment (ORT) is a holistic healthcare approach that maintains the normal balance between the body’s many systems. While osteopathy acts on the mechanical, fluidic, organic and neuromuscular levels through gentle mobilisations and adjustments, REASET focuses more on the craniosacral and fascia system. It aids in unwinding the body and easing the mind through the direct and indirect influence on the autonomic nervous system. Together, they offer an integral and functional health and wellbeing approach for body and mind.
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TREATING LONG COVID
As with any classical osteopathic treatment, the goal with patients suffering from long COVID is to bring balance to the bodies structure and function relationship and lift any vascular or neurological obstructions but on top of this the osteopath will pay specific attention to improve ANS functioning and facilitating the relaxation response through:
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THE BENEFITS OF AN OSTEOPATHIC REASET FOR PATIENTS WITH LONG COVID
An Osteopathic Reaset Treatment contributes to immediate and long-term physical and indirectly psychosocial health and wellbeing. After a treatment, patients feel more at ease, have less or no muscular or visceral tension, headaches disappear, breathing is again normalised, posture is improved. Autonomic balance is increased, as can be measured through HRV. After one or two sessions, patients also report less stress and anxiety and better sleeping patterns.
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HOW ARE YOU FEELING TODAY?
What do you want... to feel?
When you are not feeling what you want to feel and have decided that you want to change that, than you are in the right place. During a body-centred stress coaching consultations my aim is to help you feel the way you want to feel through enhancing your ability to adapt, self-manage (health) and futurize y'ourself to flourish and thrive in these fast-changing times (wellbeing).
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The objective of an OSTEOPATHIC REASET treatment is to help you feel well in body, mind and spirit to flourish in a fast-changing world through;
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Conditions for which to choose body-centred stress coaching:
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Time: 75 minutes per consultation
Fee: 80€ per consultation |
Info: 0472399779
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FUTURIZE YOURSELF IN BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT
We are living in a fast-changing and challenging time. A time where we are under immense pressure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which is devastating lives and livelihoods and which has triggered a global economic crisis with far-reaching implications. We are also living in a time where, due to new emerging technologies, job skills and working conditions are changing, and millions of jobs are at risk of being automated. Furthermore, while all this is going on, let us not forget that climate change is affecting our natural environment, fuelling conflict and mass migration in many parts of the world, and also harming our health and wellbeing, global security and world peace.
In these unsettling times, with everything changing so rapidly and so extensively, I see in my practice more and more people who feel disconnected, stressed, anxious, tense and who find it difficult to unwind and motive themselves. In other words they are struggling to cope with increased levels of uncertainty and change that they experience in their lives which is affecting their health and wellbeing.
Health and wellbeing are our most valuable assets in these fast-changing times and fostering them vital to cope and to be resilient for the challenges ahead and flourish in the flow of evolution.
For these new times a new integral health and wellbeing approach is needed that offers a long-term perspective.
The OSTEOPATHIC REASET TREATMENT developed by Tom Meyers is a novel integral (body-mind-spirit) treatment approach that helps you to face and traverse your current challenges but also helps you to futurize y'ourself and become more resilient for the future. An approach based on 20 years of experience of which 15 as an osteopath and body-centred stress coach.
Practically it is a combination of OSTEOPATHY and REASET Body-centred Stress Coaching.
Be good to y'ourself and y'our future, always.
Tom
In these unsettling times, with everything changing so rapidly and so extensively, I see in my practice more and more people who feel disconnected, stressed, anxious, tense and who find it difficult to unwind and motive themselves. In other words they are struggling to cope with increased levels of uncertainty and change that they experience in their lives which is affecting their health and wellbeing.
Health and wellbeing are our most valuable assets in these fast-changing times and fostering them vital to cope and to be resilient for the challenges ahead and flourish in the flow of evolution.
For these new times a new integral health and wellbeing approach is needed that offers a long-term perspective.
The OSTEOPATHIC REASET TREATMENT developed by Tom Meyers is a novel integral (body-mind-spirit) treatment approach that helps you to face and traverse your current challenges but also helps you to futurize y'ourself and become more resilient for the future. An approach based on 20 years of experience of which 15 as an osteopath and body-centred stress coach.
Practically it is a combination of OSTEOPATHY and REASET Body-centred Stress Coaching.
Be good to y'ourself and y'our future, always.
Tom
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