A Few FAQs About Osteopathy
And a few less frequently asked, but fascinating Q&A’s What is osteopathy and how does it work? Osteopathy is a form of manual healthcare that focuses on the musculoskeletal system, including the joints, muscles, and spine. Osteopathy works by improving the body’s natural healing abilities, reducing pain and improving mobility. What conditions can osteopathy treat? […]
Are your joints popping, grinding or clicking?
You know how there’s always a scene in horror movies where a creaking floorboard gives them away? For a lot of people, the floorboard is probably unnecessary. The weird noises coming from their knees, necks, shoulders, and fingers would do the job. But what are these noises? Why do joints make grinding, clicking and […]
Healing From a Fracture?
Broken and fractured bones are not fun. They hurt A LOT at first. Then they hurt while they heal. But everything will be OK in the end. …Except it doesn’t always work out that way. Sometimes the soft tissues around the bone heal poorly, or the joint is misaligned, and it never quite comes right […]
All About Rotator Cuff Tears
It’s an interesting set of words, isn’t it? A rotator cuff sounds more like a car part than a piece of your anatomy, but (just like a car part) you need it to function. You need it to wash your hair, drive your car and reach the good chocolates you’ve stashed on a top shelf […]
The Health Benefits of Easter Chocolate
It’s the month of Easter. What better way to celebrate than to talk about chocolate’s warm, milky goodness? Everyone has a favourite, but if you want our opinion (or read up on the latest health research, which we do a lot – something of an occupational hazard for osteopaths) the darker the chocolate the better […]
What happens when we mobilise a joint? Is it time to call your Osteopath?
It’s miserable when your joints ache. It’s worse when they’re stiff and everyday movement hurts. Often, gentle exercise has everything feeling right again. But sometimes it doesn’t. If that’s the case, it might be time to call the osteopath. You’ve got a lot of joints in your body: Hinge joints (your knees, for example), […]
What to do about Knee Pain?
Knee pain is incredibly common. It’s estimated that 25% of adults will experience pain in one or both knees during their lives. But children and teenagers can also suffer from knee pain. Sometimes an illness such as gout is the cause. Often, damage to the soft tissues around the joint causes pain. Many patients find […]
How Do You Improve Your Flexibility?
How Do You Improve Your Flexibility? Well, you stretch – duh! But how and when do you do it? Most of us don’t want to be circus contortionists or yogis, but we understand that living with excessive tightness in one muscle group often leads to excessive pain, and potential problems in another part of […]
Recovering from RSI with Osteopathy
Recovering from RSI with Osteopathy The human body is meant to move. It’s not meant to move like a machine in a factory – repetitively performing one action. And yet office work, modern technology, and many manual jobs force us to move in such a way. Even our leisure time is invaded with some […]
Words you’ve heard your Osteopath say!
Words You’ve Heard your Osteopath Say Everyone does it. We all cut corners in our communication using industry-specific language and acronyms with colleagues. It’s efficient. Within couples and families, words take on their own special meanings with in-jokes and nicknames binding those in the know together, but baffling guests (we know of one family […]