Early stage cognitive dysfunction. Getting more forgetful?

Initial assessment is done using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Test to give us a baseline of how your memory is doing at the moment.

Please let us know if you are dyslexic beforehand, as it can affect the results and may also mean the test needs to be adapted a bit. There isn't a lot of reading.

Then the fun bits start ! As with most of our treatments,  you will lie down on our comfy couch and we will gently assess the cause of your symptoms. It usually boils down to a decrease in circulation and/or flow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) around the brain, basically, the feeding and cleaning up team that keeps your brain cells healthy. In early stage memory loss, there is sometimes an area of gliosis (minor cell damage) around the outside of one of the lobes of the brain.

We use techniques taught by Ted Wanveer MD (see references) to gently move brain structures and promote healing. At the same time, we go on a detective journey to see what is causing the decrease in nutrient flow and waste removal. The usual culprits are the foramina (holes that are supposed to be there!) in the temporal bone at the base of the skull. Problems elsewhere in your body can alter their position or angle and restrict fluid flow.
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Most commonly the problem is in the neck, but we have found altered foot position, previous back or disc problems and other unexpected areas contributing to the issue. Depending on where the problem originates, we will give exercises to solve the cause if possible, and probably a set of tennis balls to use at the base of your skull to gently stretch the soft tissue and give more space for the temporal holes and the structures that pass through them.

We will retest you every 4 to 6 weeks. Based on our experience so far, we recommend treatment once/twice per week for 4 weeks, slowly tailing off as improvements occur. Expect a course of between 12 and 16 sessions.

Unfortunately, once there is already a diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease or Vascular Dementia, it is too late for treatment to be started, as we have found that although it MAY slow progress, it certainly doesn't stop the disease process from developing and we are unwilling to start treatment or give false hope knowing this.

If this sounds like you or someone close please call 01287 201006 on a weekday morning 9 am to 12 midday to make an appointment.

For more information on Alzheimer's prevention please read the report of the research article "Recent research in Alzheimer's Disease"

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