Marcia Harewood
Location : Battersea, SW11
Address : 255A Lavender Hill,Battersea, SW11 1JD
Contact : Call 0208 099 7233 to make an appointment with the practice. Let us know if you need an evening or weekend appointment. Calls may be monitored or recorded.
Description : Marcia Harewood has been in practice for some 14 years and therefore has a wealth of experience in all muscular-skeletal pain and discomfort, pain after RTAs, sports injuries, acute slipped disc problems, sciatica, headaches and migraines, stress related discomfort, ante natal and post natal, pregnancy, cranial osteopathy. She also uses herbal and homoeopathic remedies
Specialities : Sports injuries, Knees, Ankles, Back pain, Pain experienced during pregnancy, Medico-legal work, Digestive, skin and bowel problems, Headaches, Migraine, Stress related pain, Infertility, Herbal and nutrition remedies
Directions to Marcia Harewood
Osteopaths at Marcia Harewood are happy to treat patients with any condition listed above.
Learning Disorders
Learning disorders are similar to the issues surrounding delayed development in that they are often misdiagnosed as a child being less able than others. In fact the problems the child is having with learning may have a very simple physical explanation which can be treated successfully and with fairly rapid impromement. The cause of the syndrome may be congenital, but in many cases the cause may simply be a physical neurological issue which will benefit from cranial osteopathy. Gentle treatment to unblock a neural pathway may yield substantial benefit - although clearly not in all cases. The typical course of treatment would be 6 to 8 sessions.
Groin injury
Groin injuries are typically caused by a strain to the adductor muscles of the upper thigh. A tear to the muscle is most often the result of an abrupt stop or change of direction whilst running fully stretched out. Hence, the injury is common in sports such as football, rubgy and hockey. Once the torn the muscle tissue will swell and be sore to the touch. These are particularly nasty injuries because they take a long time to heal. The traditional approach to treatment - resting up, application of ice to reduce swelling, compression of the muscle with an elastic bandage and elevation - are hard to continue for long enough to have an effect. As a result patients frequently believe they are cured too quickly and aggravate the initial injury with another muscle tear becasue the first is not yet full-healed. Osteopaths recommend lots of stretching rehabilitative exercises to avoid this common problem.
