Joint and muscle pain is probably the number one symptom that prompts people to seek the help of health professionals such as osteopaths. Musculoskeletal pain affects the bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons and nerves; it is commonly caused by physical injury, which can be widespread or localised in just one body part.
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Sciatica: Recovery and treatment
Following on from the last post on; Understanding Sciatica, this post looks at recovery and treatment. There is good news, 80 – 90% of people fully recover from Sciatica with no surgery. In most cases, the nerve is not permanently damaged, and individuals improve in a 3 -12-week time frame. Conservative treatment, including hands-on and movement-based, can reduce recovery […]
Understanding Sciatica
Sciatica is a relatively common condition of pain or loss of sensation. Medically sciatica is a set of symptoms rather than a diagnosis of what is causing the pain. Sciatica means that another spinal structure is compressing a person’s sciatic nerve.
Vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin
Vitamin D is essential for optimal body function; it has a vital role in maintaining bone structure and healthy teeth, but it does so much more to support our health. Vitamin D is interesting because it affects up to 2,000 genes in the body, science shows that it acts more like a hormone than a vitamin.
Pelvic Pain in pregnancy
Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP) in Pregnancy affects up to one in five women. It is the umbrella name for all pelvic pain, including pubic pain which is called symphysis pubis dysfunction (SPD), or Osteitis Pubis which is inflammation of the pubic symphysis. PGP includes pain anywhere from the lumbar spine, abdomen down to the thigh, […]
Muscle Cramps: Causes, Remedies, and Prevention
Almost everyone experiences muscle cramps at some point. Whether you’re drifting off to sleep or out for a long walk, the sudden stiffness, tightness, and pain in your calf or foot can be excruciating. These cramps are caused by involuntary contractions or spasms of one or more muscles. In addition to the foot and calf, common areas […]
Freedom to move?
This is a lovely montage of a little baby named Liv doing what babies do during their first year of life, exploring their environment and learning the essential skills to be able walk, run jump and play. It starts with her finding her limbs and their connection to the floor, wriggling, shifting weight and beginning […]
Magnesium, why do we need it?
In my post about muscle cramps (read it here), I mentioned Magnesium, and a few people have asked me to tell them more about it.