CORE ESSENTIALS (Exercises 1-4 Weeks) Exercise 1: Scissors Lie on your back with both knees bent up. Ensure your lower back remains almost flat but with a slight arch or gap between your lower back and the floor about the size of a grape. Pull…
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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. Finding the right treatment…
17 Oct In Sports Massage Therapy No commentIt 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…
01 Dec In Conditions, Osteopathy, Techniques No commentShock 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 adapted,…
11 Nov In Conditions, Osteopathy, Sports Massage Therapy, Techniques No commentWhen 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 slouching…
15 Oct In Conditions, Osteopathy No commentSciatica 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…
24 Aug In Conditions No commentPeople 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 profession. Furthermore,…
10 Aug In Chiropractic, Osteopathy, Techniques No commentConsiderable 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 more effective forms of treatment for tension headaches….
24 Jul In Techniques No commentWhat 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…
10 Jul In Techniques No commentWhiplash 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…
19 Feb In Conditions No comment