Visceral therapy
About therapy
Visceral manipulation is a gentle, manual therapy that helps to harmonize the tension around the internal organs and thus contributes to their proper functioning.
What do we deal with most often?
- Reflux (heartburn)
- Chest pain - worse lying on back and after eating
- Feeling of a foreign body in the throat or difficulty swallowing
- Sour sensation in the mouth
- Chronic cough with no apparent cause
- Stomach ache
- Constipation
Internal organs are surrounded by connective tissue (the fibrous coverings and hangings of the organs) that hold them in place in the body. Healthy connective tissue should be loose enough and move easily to allow organs to move relative to each other, such as when we rotate or bend the trunk.
Contracted or inflamed connective tissue prevents these small but important movements and this can cause discomfort in the area of internal organs and subsequently dysfunction, which can lead to restriction of movement and pain in distant parts of the body, e.g. in the shoulder. The human body is a complex system with many interconnected subsystems that all work together to allow the body to function properly. When one of these systems is disturbed in any way, the body creates a compensation, which over time can manifest itself in the difficulties mentioned above.
An increase in ligament tension can be caused by:
- Inflammation caused by disease or trauma
- Injury (e.g. big fall, car accident)
- Pregnancy
- Surgical interventions
- Side effects of drugs or chemotherapy
- Stress load and related posture
The therapy is non-invasive and painless, uses gentle pressures, strokes and specific mobilization of organs leading to relaxation of ligaments and harmonization of tension. In most cases, it is supplemented with self-therapy in the form of specific exercises or self-pressure.
