Nerve Compression Nerve compression is a common reason to see an osteopath. Nerves act like electrical cables, which can cause pain, tingling, and numbness when they’re compressed. Your osteopath will identify the cause, whether it’s injury or something as simple as poor posture. Nerve compression can be caused by a disc bulge pressing on the […]
Physiotherapy for frailty How Can Physiotherapy For Frailty Help? If you’re living with frailty, our physiotherapist, Leon can help you navigate it. Physiotherapy will focus on managing your activity levels. With a plan customized for your unique needs, physiotherapy can help you get back to the activities you used to enjoy. During your sessions, Leon
Suffering from Headaches? Osteopathic treatment may help alleviate your headaches by improving your general mobility, reducing muscular tension, improving blood supply to and drainage from the head and neck, and reducing inflammation. Our Osteopath. Mindy will also provide advice on posture, strengthening exercises, and stretching to assist in helping prevent a recurrence of symptoms, as
Prevention is the Best Medicine This is without a doubt your biggest call to action. By scheduling a regular visit with a physiotherapy clinic (even if it’s just semi-annually) you will take a gigantic step towards injury prevention. A physiotherapist will put you through a range of motions and ask the right lifestyle questions, ones
What is the popping sound I hear during a chiropractic adjustment? You may feel and hear a popping or cracking sensations during a chiropractic adjustment. These are gases, like oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide, released from your joints. Gas gets trapped in small cavities of your joints when you move and stretch. While this gas
The risk of second hand smoke to children Children are more at risk from secondhand smoke. This is because they breathe more rapidly, and their lungs, airways and immune system are still developing. Secondhand smoke can increase a child’s risk of: Babies exposed to secondhand smoke are also at increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome
Osteopathic treatment is rooted in the belief that the body is an interconnected unit, with its systems and structures working in harmony. And when it comes to stress and anxiety, this interconnectedness plays a pivotal role. Osteopathic treatment involves addressing the body’s overactive nervous system, tight muscles, headaches, digestive issues, as well as joint pains.
Improve Mobility One of the major benefits of physiotherapy is that it helps in improving your body’s mobility. If a person is facing issues while standing, sitting, walking or moving, physiotherapy can help, regardless of age and gender. There are several stretching and strengthening exercises that help in bringing back the normal movement ability. Physiotherapists
Many of us don’t think twice about taking our car for a service to help prevent problems from surfacing and nipping any niggles in the bud before they become costly or irreversible. Yet we don’t always do the same for our bodies! Regular osteopathy treatments mean that any problems can be identified quickly and often
