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The Mighty Iliopsoas (AKA hip flexors!)

The Mighty Iliopsoas (AKA hip flexors!)

The Mighty Iliopsoas* (*AKA HIP FLEXORS!!!!) So how many times have you been told your hip flexors are tight by one person or another??? It really isn't that simple....unfortunately..... Look how beautifully they weave from the spine and the diaphragm, across the...

“Rib popped out??”

“Rib popped out??”

Do you have a rib head subluxation??  Oooh sounds a lot worse than it is.. Honestly! Do you have pain at the base of the neck coming into the shoulder, by the upper spine, or even described as being behind the shoulder blade, worse with particular positions and neck...

Osteopathy and urinary issues

Osteopathy and urinary issues

Osteopathy and urinary issues Many women ask me about whether osteopathy can help with urinary issues. Interestingly this article reflects what I have seen in practice: Osteopathy for urinary tract symptoms "The quantitative analysis shows a statistically significant...

How Osteopathy helped me during pregnancy

How Osteopathy helped me during pregnancy

Osteopathy works, in pregnancy and beyond!!  Written by Jo Day, Principal Osteopath at Herts Osteopathy     When I was pregnant for the second time I really struggled with pelvic pain, lower back pain and sciatica from around the 36 week mark. It became...

SCIATICA

SCIATICA

How Osteopathy can help treat sciatica.
Written by Senior associate osteopath Hayley Robinson

Osteopathy and Pregnancy

Osteopathy and Pregnancy

We treat ladies at every stage of their pregnancy with lots of wonderful success stories.
Osteopathy during pregnancy has been proven to reduce labour time down from 15 to 9 hours for first time mothers, also reduced chance of use of intervention, and meconium in the waters, and significantly improve quality of life, and levels of pain.

TMJ dysfunction?? Pain in the jaw?? #osteopathyworks

TMJ dysfunction?? Pain in the jaw?? #osteopathyworks

TMJ dysfunction?? Pain in the jaw?? #osteopathyworks The TMJ (temporomandibular joint) is your jaw joint, and it connects myofascially through to the top for your cervical spine (neck), and to the base of your cranium (skull). Therefore we see many headaches which in...

Shin Splints

Shin Splints

Shin splints?? Been told to rest and it will get better?..... Wrong ?? Shin splints are an adaptation to your biomechanics, and therefore a product of an issue further along the chain. They are a symptom of a whole chain of dysfunction, and cannot be fixed without...