Functional Medicine
Pain & functional limitations
Regulatory and preventive medicine
Dr. med. univ. Klaus Wachter
Indications
Since fascial distortions can occur throughout the body, there are essentially no limitations on the indications.
The treatment of pain and functional disorders of the body in general, and of the musculoskeletal system in particular, comprises the main part of my practice.
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acute injuries
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Following accidents or pain related to overuse of the musculoskeletal system
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Pain due to joint sprains (ankle, knee, wrist)
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"Dislocations" of vertebral joints (in cases of acute lumbago)
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Sports injuries, such as ligament strains, contusions, muscle fiber tears
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Acute neck pain, tension in the shoulder area, back pain
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Lumbago with sciatica involvement and/or paresthesia
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chronic conditions
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Chronic neck, back, or sacral pain
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Pain in arms and legs (e.g., shoulder, hip, and knee pain)
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Movement restrictions and stiffness
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Pain in the joints (arthralgia) or in the muscles (myalgia)
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Performance losses without pain
various other conditions
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Different forms of headache and migraine
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Tinnitus (ringing in the ears)
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Vertigo (dizziness)
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Sleep disorders (difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep)
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In cases of nervous restlessness, autonomic dystonia, exhaustion syndrome, forms of stress, depressive moods
neurological / so-called pseudoneurological symptoms:*
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*i.e., without an objective finding
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Sensations such as numbness or tingling, feelings of heat or cold
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True carpal tunnel syndrome (TCTS) and pseudo carpal tunnel syndrome (CTLS)
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Feelings of weakness or instability
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Disc protrusions (protrusions), disc herniations (disc prolapse) with nerve root compressions (neuroforaminal stenosis), associated with radiating sensory disturbances and pain in the arm or leg
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Narrowing of the spinal canal (vertebrostenosis)
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Degenerative changes of the discs and adjacent structures (osteochondrosis, spondylarthrosis), etc.
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