Normally I have to inject my left knee with ostenil (joint lubricant) once per year around Christmas due to arthritic changes but so far I have not had to do it this year. The reason is I have been using joint care supplements that are of excellent quality. […]
I suppose I am lucky that I am now established this past 13 years in practice and people are aware that I can treat all parts of the body, not just backs and necks. Recently I had a patient discussing a topic that often comes up, “GP’s don’t recognise osteopathy, and we are classed as […]
Recently I saw a young girl of 10 years of age who had been suffering headaches on a daily basis for 2 years. She had been to the GP, had a CT scan whereby nothing abnormal was detected and was prescribed pain killing medication. She had some relief from acupuncture whereby she was only getting […]
Recently I have returned from a family holiday in Tenerife and although the kids had a great time, myself and the Missus did suffer a bit with our backs and necks as the beds in the hotel were too soft and the pillows paper thin. Needless to say we are home and getting some treatment […]
Often after an initial treatment it is not uncommon to experience a treatment reaction which can normally last between 1 to 3 days whereby you may experience soreness and tiredness. On some occasions patients report that they actually felt worse the day after treatment than when they presented. This is a normal part of the […]
Just yesterday I had a 33 year old gentleman present with low back pain which he gets periodically from time to time and of no apparent reason. Upon taking his case history it became evident that he laid a sedentary lifestyle in that he did no form of exercise whatsoever. He basically sat on […]
Recently I was in a shop where I bumped into a patient who I had been treating for neck and shoulder pain which she had had for years but which was now very much improved. She informed me that she began to suffer knee pain and that she went to her GP who said that […]
Recently we have been getting a lot of requested for advice by telephone, email and facebook. Now don’t get me wrong, I am all for giving advice but at the end of the day nothing can substitute taking down a case history and performing a clinic examination in order to obtain a working diagnosis. For […]
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 […]
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 […]