Having finished a distant fifth in yesterday’s World Cup race in Zolder, losing almost two minutes to the winner Lars Boom, Sven Nys was not optimistic about his chances for today’s Superprestige race in Diegem. However he is feeling better after receiving treatment this morning and providing he recovers in time, could ride strongly this evening. “The osteopath has put things right, from my jaw to my neck to my feet,” he told Sporza. “He has everything corrected and put back in line. I have no pain. The lack of momentum Sunday was because I was not symmetrical on the [...]
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In this post I’m going to answer 2 questions that patients ask me as an Osteopath. By answering these questions you’re going to stop worrying about things you thought were true but in fact are not. You’re also going to learn more about how your muscles, bones & joints work together to help you move and function throughout the day. So let’s start with a question about your joint health. Will cracking my knuckles give me arthritis? No. Cracking your knuckles will not cause arthritis. Cracking your knuckles will cause a popping sound that’s caused by a release of gas [...]
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What’s Dr Ed been up to…. Dr Ed Wittich has just returned from a work trip to the World Rowing Championships 2010, in Lake Karapiro, New Zealand. Ed attended the Championships as a representative of the sports engineering company, BAT Logic, and as a rep for Nike Rowing. He helped to prepare a number of athletes with their boat set ups and was able to enjoy all the elite racing action, highlights, dramas & emotions that are present at such an event. As a consultant at BAT logic Ed stays up to date with the latest sports science breakthroughs, injury [...]
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Caro Ramsay kills for a living The author of Absolution and Singing to the Dead has just released her third novel, Dark Water, but writing about murder has come a little too easily to her. 03 September 2010 19:44 GMT 195624 Caro, the Osteopath kills for a living For osteopath Caro Ramsay, killing comes easy. “You know when you’re on the phone to a call centre and they’re just leaving you…” she said. “That’s when I sit down and think: ‘You’ve got to die’. It’s very cathartic, very calming…” Fortunately Caro’s victims aren’t living people, but fictional characters in her [...]
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When a patient comes in and complains of back pain, neck pain, headaches or any muscle or joint injury. I treat it as a challenge. I love the thrill that a new patient or an existing patient with a new symptom presents with. It’s almost like a competition. Can I find where it hurts without the patient telling me? Can I locate where it’s tender, without any clues from you? Can I reproduce your pain in my room, without you pointing to the spot? I love it when a patient says to me, how did you know it was sore [...]
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By Lucy Fry Last updated at 10:45 AM on 7th September 2010 Taking a stroll on a grassy common these days, you’d be forgiven for thinking that National Service still existed. Increasingly, green spaces across the country are taken up with puffed-out people in bibs performing gruelling exercises. Their faces getting pinker by the minute, they run and jump about under the eyes of a watchful leader. But this is no Army training camp, nor is it a team-building exercise for a large investment bank. Rather, it is a group of people participating in a military fitness class – and [...]
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Pain Relief and dry needling, doesn’t make sense does it? Needles and pain makes sense. But needles and pain relief doesn’t. Or does it? Well the answer is yes, it does make sense. Dry needling is a great painless therapy that is related to it’s older cousin Acupuncture. We all know about Acupuncture which dates back to 3500 years ago. But Dry Needling originated back in the late 70′s. They both use very fine needles inserted into the body. That’s where the similarity ends though. Acupuncture is based on a completely different philosophy and diagnostic concept to that of Dry [...]
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Are you wondering why you suffer from frequent HEADACHES? Around 1 in 6 people do and the answer could be inside your mouth! Yes, that’s right. The answer could be related to what’s going on with your muscles, joints & ligaments around the jaw and face. Nearly all of us will suffer from headaches at least once during our lifetimes. Headaches affect your work, energy levels, concentration and how you feel. It’s worth noting though, that most headaches are due to non-life-threatening causes and can be relieved through appropriate treatment. There are many different causes of headaches; put simply- anything [...]
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A lot of patients ask me about Yoga. The patients that ask me are the ones that have tried everything. They’ve done the Personal Trainer, the Pilates, the cortisone injection and even had back surgery. They’re desperate to try something to help them and they’re in pain. So when they ask, can Yoga help me, the first thing I say is …”When can you start?” Yoga is fantastic for lower back pain. It’s great for improving flexibility, strength and fitness. That’s right, fitness. You wouldn’t normally think Yoga and then fitness. But you’d be wrong. You can get very fit [...]
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Mike Doyle is hoping to change his job after 17 years of sweeping the streets of Ramsbottom. Pictures: Julian Brown A street cleaner has fulfilled his dream of becoming a medic – after commuting to London for lectures every weekend for five years. Mike Doyle has spent 17 years clearing pavements in Bury having left school with no qualifications. The determined dad-of-one decided to transform his life after an osteopath cured a boyhood back injury. But as no local college taught the course, Mike endured 400-mile round trips to attend a specialist school for the weekend lectures. He paid for the [...]
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