Osteopath Network, Osteopaths, Cranial Osteopathy, Choosing an Osteopath

Choosing an Osteopath Osteopaths use a variety of treatments to ensure the correct alignment of your back and muscles, easing muscle tension to restore your body'...

Osteopath Network, Osteopaths, Cranial Osteopathy, What To Expect

What to expect of osteopathyPatients visiting osteopaths for the first time invariably attend their initial appointment in some pain and often with a slightly nervous disposition. In fact, a visit to ...

Osteopath Network, Osteopaths, Cranial Osteopathy, What is the difference between an Osteopath and a Chiropractor?

What is the difference between an Osteopath and a Chiropractor? In simple terms, both osteopaths and chiropractors tend to treat similar conditions with similar ...

Osteopath Network, Osteopaths, Cranial Osteopathy, How are Osteopaths different to Physiotherapists

What’s the difference between osteopathy and physiotherapy? Osteopaths are primary health care practitioners, complementary to other medical practices. The...

Osteopath Network, Osteopaths, Cranial Osteopathy, Sore Shoulders

Sore, tight or aching shouldersOsteopaths treat tight or aching shoulders using a variety of different techniques which, in turn, depend on the cause of the condition. Common Ca...

Osteopath Network, Osteopaths, Cranial Osteopathy, Headaches at top of spine

Headaches at the base of your skull or top of your spineHeadaches at the top of the spine can be caused by a number of different factors. Commonly the pain is triggered by tension in the neck...

Osteopath Network, Osteopaths, Cranial Osteopathy, Stiff Neck

Neck StiffnessA stiff neck is an extremely common symptom presented to Osteopaths, which may be either caused by a specific injury or the result of a chronic condition. Most frequently neck s...

Osteopath Network, Osteopaths, Cranial Osteopathy, Lower Back Pain

Acute immobilising lower back painApproximately 70% of adults between the ages of 20 and 55 will suffer at least one episode of acute, immobilising lower back pain. In most cases there is lit...

Osteopath Network, Osteopaths, Cranial Osteopathy, Sciatica and Trapped nerves

Sciatica and trapped nervesSciatica refers to pain caused by a compression, and often and irritation, of one of five nerve roots of the sciatic nerve. Sometimes the sciatic nerve itself is co...

Osteopath Network, Osteopaths, Cranial Osteopathy, Wrist Pain

Wrist Tendonitis / Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Wrist pain is any pain or discomfort in the wrist. The most common cause is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome which occurs when the median nerve, which travels...

Osteopath Network, Osteopaths, Cranial Osteopathy, What is Osteopathy?

What is Osteopathy? Osteopathy is a discipline focused on diagnosing and correcting impairments to optimal functioning of parts of our bodies including muscles, joints (such as knees, hips and should...

The Osteopath Network, Local Qualified Osteopaths, Cranial Osteopathy, Sitemap

Welcome to the Osteopath Network SitemapPatient SymptomsOsteopath Network, Osteopaths, Cranial Osteopathy, Sore ShouldersOsteopath Network, Osteopaths, Cranial Osteopathy, Headache Top Of Spi...

Promoting Pilates and Osteopathy

Osteopath Darren Fletcher of Posture Dynamics in Ealing says “Pilates is actually one of the safest forms of exercise, causing less stress on joints and muscles than aerobic activities; such as ...

Clinical effects of resistance training in patients with Knee Osteoarthritis

Osteopaths are becoming increasingly aware of the need to prescribe exercises to help strengthen the muscles supporting the knee in patients suffering with any knee dysfunction and especially in patie...

Deadly Desk Work - Advice from an Osteopath

UK researchers have found what Osteopaths already know - that desk workers are spending a whooping 10 hours a day sitting sedentary at work and around half of workers don’t even leave their desk...

Expensive lingerie: how much could your bra be costing you

An article provided by the osteopaths at The Happiness Centre, London. Additional information provided by Rachel Knight, final year osteopathy student. ...

Buyteko: Retraining the Breathing process - CPD for Osteopaths

Increasingly Osteopaths and Physiotherapists are working with more and more patients seeking help with breathing problems such as Asthma.Osteopathic practitioners are in a great position to provide an...

An Osteopath in the operating theatre

As a final year osteopath student I have recently spent a day in the theatre room with one of the UK’s leading spinal surgeons. It was my first ever experience of theatre and I can actually say ...

Tips for running novices by Osteopath Alan Coles

After the excitement of the Flora London marathon, it’s no wonder the streets are full of inspired novice runners, eager to start running and even more eager to enrol in one of the many 10K race...

A Focus on Bells Palsy

Many patients visit their osteopath when they are in need of reassurance, it’s not uncommon for an osteopathic patient presenting with left sided chest and arm pain to confess that they thought ...