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Common Sports Injuries and Treatment
With the Rugby World Cup 2015 in full swing throughout England and Wales, it's appropriate to discuss the most common sports injuries not only sportspeople receive but even the ones we receive when casually playing sport like rugby, football, hockey and tennis....
Back Pain & MRI led Therapy
It affects 80% of people, costs businesses huge amount of money through lost work hours – BACK PAIN and other orthopaedic conditions are a huge problem . Many people often don't know where to start - their GP, the physio, osteopath, chiropractor or should they go...
What is Shock Wave Therapy?
Shock Wave Therapy is an effective form of treatment for stubborn tendon and other muscle and joint problems. The therapy was first used in operating theatres over 20 years ago as a non-surgical way of breaking down kidney stones. Since then, the technology has...
Habits That Cause Back Pain
When back pain strikes it can be excruciatingly painful and can often flare up without any warning. This article will explain some of the most common habits that cause back pain which will help you consciously prevent further back pain in future. Bad posture or...
Treatment Options for Sciatica Pain
Sciatica is pain felt in the buttock, thigh and/or calf as a result of compression or irritation to the sciatic nerve. The pain can vary from an intense irritating ache to crippling lancing or shooting pain that zips down the leg. In addition there may symptoms...
Differences between an Osteopath and Chiropractor
People often ask what’s the difference between an chiropractor and an osteopath. It’s often very hard to receive an unbiased answer, as the person providing the answer is usually a Chiropractor or an Osteopath, so their answer is invariably skewed towards their...
What is a cranial osteopathy – and how effective is it for tension headaches?
Considerable confusion exists amongst the public and even many medical consultants regarding “cranial osteopathy”. Some people mistaking think a cranial osteopath specialises in conditions affecting the head, such as headaches, and could thereby be missing out on...
What is Osteopathy? What does an Osteopath do?
What is Osteopathy - a brief history behind the treatment Osteopathy was introduced into the UK from America towards the end of the first first world war as a form of treatment that emphasised joint manipulation and massage to treat injuries and disease. In America...
Whiplash Injury Condition
Whiplash is most commonly caused by car accidents that result in a sudden, exaggerated thrust of the head backwards, forwards or sometimes sideways. There may be no visible bruises from this type of injury but the abnormal forces applied to the tissues of the neck...
Spinal Instability
Spinal Instability - Description When the discs in the spine start to degenerate they lose disc height and disc tension (turgor), leading to slackening of the surrounding ligaments. The core muscles of the spine and deep abdomen often become "switched off" as part...