Movement is the key to optimal health and well-being. It is evolutionary. Our bodies are naturally designed to be active and dynamic, however the tendency in this modern age is to neglect this and remain relatively sedentary - often for longer periods of time than we...
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Physiotherapy and Osteopathy. What is the difference?
A lot of our patients ask what the difference is between physiotherapy and osteopathy. To this day I don't have a clear cut answer, and I am both a physiotherapist and an osteopath. I would say that they are very similar in that they are both manual therapies but use...
Triathlete and Psoas Muscle Pain
Over the last two weeks I have been treating a top triathlete who had back pain and was struggling to run at his fastest pace. He explained that every nine miles of running he had a bit of pain that started around his left groin area and slowly moved up towards the...
Fidget – Posture advice
At Richmond Osteopaths we are always trying to find a solution for the long hours that a lot of our patients spend at a desk. Unfortunately, there isn't a perfect solution. We could advise people to move to a desert island where it is warm and bright and where there...
Pregnancy pain
I treat a lot of patients that present to me with spinal and pelvic pain during pregnancy. The predominant reasons for pregnancy pain are due to massive changes to the shape of the spine as well as the pelvis over a relatively short period of time - 9 months. These...
Back Pain
Having treated 12 patients today with 7 of them suffering just for back pain prompted me to write a little about it as it seems to be an epidemic sweeping office workers in particular. It would strongly suggest that sitting still in one position for over 8 hours...
Arsenal Football Club, Teaching Their Physiotherapists
Arsenal Football Club contacted me to teach their physiotherapists my Foot and Ankle course. All physiotherapists and osteopaths continue training as part of their Continuous Professional Development (CPD) which is governed by the Health Professional Council (HPC) and...
The Sunday times
I woke up early one Sunday morning to a text message from a good friend to tell me that she loves my advert in the Sunday times. I rubbed my eyes and re-read her crazy message. I was really confused and then put it down to one of two factors: She must be losing her...