Osteopathy – More Than Treating Back Pain

Osteopathy – More Than Treating Back Pain

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 […]

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Mystic Meg I am not!

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 […]

Don’t let that ache become a pain!

Don’t let that ache become a pain!

As a practitioner I have very few people who I see on a maintenance basis as my motto is: Find it, Fix it & leave it alone. What do I mean by this? Well when I started out I worked as an associate in other clinics and I would often incur DNA’s on a regular […]

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 […]

Treatment need not cost the Earth!

Treatment need not cost the Earth!

My clinic has been established for 13 years and like any clinic in its infancy the owner usually works at other practices as an associate until their clinic begins to grow. From my experience working as an associate I soon realised that I did not want to build my business on a maintenance basis.   […]

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 […]