Visceral osteopathy in patients with neck pain and bad digestion with the aim of reducing these troubles.

The study is divided into two groups. The study is done in a private clinic ( " Clínica Manso " ) once a week for 4 weeks, the duration of each session is one hour and a half. 1. Experimental Group. · first session: we give the patient the information about the study. He must complete the clinical history, sign the informed consent and perform two scales of quality of life ( Dyspepsia related health scale and Gastrointestinal quality of life scale ). Then, the baropodometry and algometry in the spinous of the fourth, fifth and sixth thoracic vertebrae and the trigger points of the upper trapezius are performed. After the measurements we do the treatment. The treatment consists of: - 20 minutes of TENS currents. We place 2 electrodes to the patient on both sides of the spine of the seventh cervical vertebra. The TENS current is continuous with a frequency of 100 Hertz. The patient's sensation will be tingling. The purpose of the TENS is to produce analgesia. - dog technique in the fifth thoracic vertebrae: the patient is in the supine decubitus, he brings his right hand to his left shoulder and his left hand to his right shoulder so that his elbows form a V. The therapist makes contact with his hand in the patient's fifth thoracic vertebra, his other hand and his abdomen rest on the elbows of the patient. Finally, a single manipulative impulse is made at the end of the exhalation. - 2 visceral osteopathy techniques ( stretch of the diaphragm and global hemodynamic abdomen technique ) When the treatment is finished the measurements of baropodometry and algometry are repeated. · second and third session: we repeat the measurements before and after treatment as well as the treatment already described. · fourth session: the patient completes " Gastrointestinal quality of life scale) and we makes the baropodometry and algometry. No treatment is done in this session. The baropodometry is performed on a pressure platform by a podiatrist with more than 10 years of experience. Algometry is performed with an analog meter by a physiotherapist and osteopath with more than 15 years of experience. I do the treatment. I'm a physiotherapist and osteopath with 6 years of experience. 2. Control Group: the same procedure is followed. The measurements are the same but we modify the treatment techniques. In the vertebral manipulation we don't perform the final push. The techniques of visceral osteopathy are replaced by 10 deep breaths.