Working in a corporate job in the office can be enormously rewarding, but the toll on the mind and body can be immense. Amidst all the emails, meetings, and projects, it’s easy for stress to become a constant companion, taking residence in our muscles and weighing heavily on our shoulders—quite literally. However, there is something that can help you: massage…
Birth is a tough process for mother and baby alike, with stresses, strains and often injury suffered. These stresses can be worsened where a difficult birth has been experienced – difficult being defined as a caesarean, forceps or ventouse delivery. Long or very quick labours are can also cause stresses to the baby. Osteopathy, for both mum and baby, offers…
Arthritis is thought to be suffered by as many as 10 million people throughout the UK, yet despite its commonality, this condition is often woefully underestimated in terms of the pain and symptoms that sufferers experience, and how osteopathy can help. An overview of arthritis types Osteoarthritis – Osteoarthritis is typically caused by general wear and tear, and results in…
A deep tissue massage (also known as a sports massage) provides for a wealth of benefits for the average sportsman or woman. However, if you’ve arrived here, you may be fearing the worst and presuming that deep tissue massages are very painful (there are certainly enough misleading articles online). How do deep tissue massages work? Deep tissue massages hone in…
Chiropractors and osteopaths are frequently confused with one another – which is not surprising given that they do indeed share numerous similarities. Deciding which professional is right for you is a matter of understanding what each offer and how they may be able to help you. Chiropractors and Osteopaths – The Similarities • Osteopaths and chiropractors often employ relatively similar…
Repetitive strain injury (RSI) can be agony. If you spent most of your time at your computer you’re at risk of getting RSI, and once the pain starts it can be debilitating. RSI is most often associated with wrist pain. However the symptoms span beyond this, to include: throbbing, tingling/numbness, pain, aching or tenderness, cramping, stiffness and weakness. RSI most…
Osteopathy is often a misunderstood field of medicine; whilst some believe we just offer massage, others confuse it with treatments that have no basis in science. In order to describe what an osteopath could achieve for you, let’s begin with a basic overview of what osteopathy is, as well as looking at the conditions it has been proven to help…
Massage is often seen as a luxury spa treatment that helps you to relax and unwind – and whilst this is certainly true, the other health benefits of massage are often overlooked and underestimated. In reality, massages are capable of aiding serious conditions – with regular massage being capable of everything from helping to lower blood pressure, to treating a…
Prenatal massage (or massage whilst pregnant) are perhaps a drastically underused form of treatment for a wide variety of conditions, aches and pains that can come along with pregnancy. This may, in part, be down to lack of knowledge as to how such massage can help during pregnancy. How pregnancy affects your body As a pregnancy progresses, the posture of…
