Treatment approach for Bell’s palsy

Treatment begins with an evaluation of your facial musculature, the quality of movement available and listening to you relate the course of your experience. Questions are encouraged at any time. We get to know one another in a relaxed atmosphere. Often there are two of us working with you. We are good-natured and it’s very relaxing and enjoyable for the patient.

The treatment is a gentle, hands-on approach that is osteopathic in its origins drawing from such well-known practitioners and educators as Lawrence H. Jones, D.O. of strain/counterstrain and John Upledger, D.O. and his CranioSacral work. The bulk of our education is through the Bells’ Palsy Research Foundation and led by Sharon Weiselfish-Giammatteo and Thomas Giammatteo of Center IMT (Integrative Manual Therapy) in Connecticut.

Our manual therapy is performed on a person fully clothed. Using a soft touch generally no greater than 5 grams, or about the weight of a nickel, we are able to effect changes in the circulatory, lymph, muscular and nervous tissues that can be affected with Bells Palsy and other types of paralysis.

We work closely with a neurotologist in the Seattle Area, Alan W. Langman, MD. He is available to evaluate persons quickly if a second opinion is desired or if further evaluation is warranted. His address is Puget Sound Hearing and Balance, 9714 Third Ave. NE Suite 100, Seattle, WA 98115; telephone 206-523-5584. We are pleased to be associated with such an esteemed surgeon.