How Can Osteopathy Help with Circulation?

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...
4 Sports Injuries in Your Osteopath’s Remit

4 Sports Injuries in Your Osteopath’s Remit

Osteopaths are qualified to help with managing minor sports injuries, such as: muscle strains ligament sprains repetitive strain injuries like tennis elbow We can also help with problems that might bother you at a low level but are aggravated by your sport of choice....
Can I Have Tennis Elbow Without Playing Tennis?

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...
How Do Labrum Tears Happen?

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...
What Are the Four Types of Snapping Hip?

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...