Mr. Consultant Facet Joints Are Supposed To Move!

Mr. Consultant Facet Joints Are Supposed To Move!

In the past week we have seen 2 people who have had a history of low back pain which has not resolved. They have been down the GP route, had NHS physiotherapy and been to an orthopedic consultant for facet joint injections which had given short term relief. Basically on examining both people were not […]

Rotator Cuff Misdiagnosis

Rotator Cuff Misdiagnosis

Often patients present to the clinic with shoulder pain and they assume that it is due to one of the rotator cuff tendons because they have either searched the web and came to this conclusion or they have been diagnosed by another practitioner with a rotator cuff tendinitis. However there is one lesion which is […]

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Self-Diagnosis & the Internet

In this day and age the internet has been a revelation not only for shopping online but also for finding information on practically anything you can think of. This can be a good thing but also a bad thing.   What do I mean by this? Well in medical terms, the signs and symptoms of […]

Things are not black and white!

I guess the point that I am trying to make is that as osteopaths one of the things we look at is fine movement. What do I mean by this?   Well having discussions with colleagues and other healthcare professions we seem to agree that as a whole consultants look at gross movements  – for […]