This is a common question because many office workers complain of neck, shoulder or back pain after sitting all day at their workstation. The first thing to understand is the relationship between posture and pain and why prolonged sitting can be a potential problem. Understanding the mechanics involved will give you more motivation to change your […]
Patients often ask if their problem is one of bone or muscle. The meaning here is whether the treatment should be directed at one or other body structure. The answer is usually that it is both, to treat one without reference to the other can result in less than optimal outcomes.
Bony problems result in ligament […]
Continuing in this series of articles on Osteopathic techniques today I will discuss soft tissue techniques.
The soft tissues of the body are basically everything that is not bone. So we include in this muscles, tendons, ligaments etc. Over many years Osteopaths have developed a number of manual methods to address these structures which are known […]
Some Osteopathic techniques can be a bit of a mystery to patients. They understand massage and stretching but the more subtle techniques can be puzzling. I know that often my patients when asked about their treatment tell their friends that they don’t know what I do but it works!
Some Osteopathic techniques are so subtle that […]
Some Myths about lower back pain:
Myth #1: Someone can put my back disc back in
No one can return a disc to its normal place. It’s like trying to get toothpaste back into a tube. This myth was perpetuated by patients that had been misdiagnosed with a disc problem when in fact they had a joint […]
