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.
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Studies have repeatedly shown the effects of long-term sitting are not reversible through exercise or other good habits. Sitting, like smoking, is very clearly bad for our health and the only way to minimise the risk is to limit the time we spend on our butts each day.
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Sever’s Disease in children; the cause and treatment.
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Research shows that there is moderate data supporting the use of massage to facilitate recovery from repetitive muscular contractions, as well as being effective in alleviating DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness – that achey feeling you get after tough exercise) by approximately 30%.
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When used in combination with osteopathy, acupuncture is a hugely effective treatment for neck and back pain.
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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.
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Arthritis can affect people both physically and mentally and the pain it may cause can be extremely draining.
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Techniques between Osteopaths, Chiropractors and physiotherapists can differ hugely, but spinal manipulation is what we do best!
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A recent US study has recently found that “Musculoskeletal (MsK) conditions, arthopathies, injuries and pain are MORE common among statin users than among similar non statin-users.
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You get great proprioceptive training for free if you do authentic Functional Exercise. Proprioceptors provide us with information about movement and the position of our head, limbs and body in time and space.
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I have been an Osteopath since 1999 and part and parcel of being an osteopath is having a thorough understanding of anatomy, biomechanics as well as medicine and pathology.
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The first affiliated CrossFit (CF) gym was opened in Santa Cruz in 1995 and was founded and developed by the coach Greg Glassman. Over his years of watching the fitness industry, his idea was to create versatile athletes (gymnastics and weightlifting) through primal movements and intense training.
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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.
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Tri-Plane Movement and Functional Training, these are both current words used to describe movement and training by the personal training and allied health professions (osteopath, physiotherapist, exercise physiologist and chiropractor). The health and fitness industry is going through yet another change, just like the swiss ball was the man of the moment in the 90′s, pilates and the core were the trend of the early 2000′s, many trainers and health professionals are now focusing on training movement rather than muscle, training functional exercises rather than non functional exercises, training groups of muscles rather than muscles in isolation.
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They are the adductor brevis, longus, magnus oblique and magnus vertical. The brevis and longus attach onto the posterior medial part of the femur, not just on the medial part as most people talk about.
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Gastrocnemius function – How it assists in knee extension
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Part 1 of this article looked at giving readers a better understanding of Hypermobility Syndrome (HMS) and the implications it may have on the musculoskeletal system. Having a greater understanding of the common problems associated with hypermobility syndrome, how it is diagnosed and its relationship to other connective tissues disorders provides us with a solid base by which we can then go about developing a corrective exercise program. Part 2 aims to provide a more extensive look at assessing the hypermobile patient and taking a region specific approach to training.
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Part 1 of this article looked at giving readers a better understanding of Hypermobility Syndrome (HMS) and the implications it may have on the musculoskeletal system. Having a greater understanding of the common problems associated with hypermobility syndrome, how it is diagnosed and its relationship to other connective tissues disorders provides us with a solid base by which we can then go about developing a corrective exercise program. Part 2 aims to provide a more extensive look at assessing the hypermobile patient and taking a region specific approach to training.
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