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ACUPUNCTURE – THE ONLY RECOMMENDED PROPHYLACTIC TREATMENT FOR HEADACHE
Research has shown that a course of acupuncture can reduce symptoms of headaches by more than 50% and in some people acupuncture has been reported to eliminate their symptoms altogether!!
SHIN PAIN IN RUNNERS EXPLAINED
Lower leg pain can come on for unseasoned runners or those that change their training routine too quickly without laying suitable foundations. This could be switching to lots of hill running or adding in more speed work.
Dry Needling and Neck pain
When used in combination with osteopathy, acupuncture is a hugely effective treatment for neck and back pain.
Hypermobility and the Gut
A few years ago, one of our osteopaths Annie Fonfé did her final year dissertation on ‘Hypermobility Syndrome and Bruxism’ (teeth grinding or clenching). One of her questions she asked the patients was ‘did they or had they ever suffered with stomach problems or been diagnosed with IBS’. She found that a significant portion of hypermobile patients did indeed suffer with stomach concerns of some description.
Joint Replacements and osteopaths
Arthritis can affect people both physically and mentally and the pain it may cause can be extremely draining.
Femoral Anteversion and Retroversion
It is important that when testing the ROM available of the hip, it should be tested in normal function, upright (not just lying on a plinth) and with the hip in a flexed and extended position, since movement may be possible in one motion, but restricted into the other.