Can We Help with Your Lower Back Pain?
Lower back pain is one of the most common ailments that brings patients to clinic. Some people are prone to low grade, recurrent aches and pains. Others suffer from an acute episode that comes on for no apparent reason. Whatever the nature of your pain, we’re qualified to assess it. The vast majority of cases of lower […]
How Can Osteopathy Help with Circulation?
Osteopaths don’t just treat problems with bones- all of the body’s systems are connected, and some issues of circulation fall within our remit too. The circulatory system looks after the musculoskeletal system: the system that you might associate more with osteopathy. Circulation is not just about blood in arteries and veins, but also about lymphatics. […]
Should I See an Osteopath for my Aches and Pains?
Osteopaths are here to help with all sorts of conditions, but we can also help with those little aches and pains too. You might wonder “why would I bother?”. For those little twinges that last for a day and never return, you might not be missing out by not making an appointment. But if you’re […]
What Can We Do for Arthritic Pain?
Arthritic pain is an ailment that osteopaths are qualified to help you to manage. Any joint can be affected, and there are a number of conditions that can cause the pain. It may manifest as a dull ache, or become sharp, and there may be associated symptoms elsewhere. What is Arthritis? Arthritis is a broad […]
Can I Have Tennis Elbow Without Playing Tennis?
Tennis Elbow, and its cousin Golfer’s Elbow, do have misleading names. Despite the suggestion, both conditions can develop without ever playing the sports they’re named after. The names allude to the movements commonly associated with tennis and golf: the wrist extension of a backhand shot in tennis, and the flexion of a golf swing. What […]
How Do Labrum Tears Happen?
Labrum is Latin for “lip”, and in this context, it refers to the lip of cartilage extending from the socket of the shoulder and hip. These ball and socket joints are very mobile, and the presence of the cartilage lip helps to keep them stable without compromising range of movement too much. However, their anatomy […]
What Are the Four Types of Snapping Hip?
Snapping hip syndrome is, as the name suggests, a condition in which a “snap” is heard or felt from the hip area on certain movements. Although this may initially be quite worrying, this is usually caused by a muscle flicking over a bone in the hip area. A few different muscles can be involved, and […]
How is Breathing associated with Pain?
Most of the time, we have very little awareness of our breathing. But have you ever noticed how your breathing changes when you’re stressed? Shorter, more shallow breaths can ask too much of the muscles around the shoulders, and lead to tension in the diaphragm. Breathing Muscles The primary muscle of breathing is the diaphragm. […]
Breathing Exercises
Most of the exercises we prescribe are tailored for a specific patient and their condition. But breathing exercises are for almost everyone, at any time. It’s easy to dismiss breathing as “fine”, after all, you’re still here! But there’s always room for improvement. More efficient breathing means more oxygen for the brain, muscles, and other […]
Fibromyalgia
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]Fibromyalgia is a condition characterised by fatigue, difficulty concentrating, chronic widespread pain, and IBS type symptoms. Its incidence is estimated to be as high as 2-5% of the population. Symptoms of Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia is characterised by an array of symptoms lasting at least 3 months. These include: increased sensitivity […]