Avenue Osteopathic Practice
Location : Cheam Sutton, SM3
Address : 51,Wickham Avenue, SM3 8DX
Contact : Call 0845 680 0615 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 : Michael walker B.Ost is a state registered osteopath and a member of the British Osteopathic association. The purpose built practice to the side of his home is warm comfortable and spacious with plenty of parking at the front. Michael specialise in frozen shoulders and treats Back and neck pain, Disc problems, Sciatic pain, Sports injury, Nerve pain, Arthritic condition, Muscle pain,and Joint strains
Specialities : Frozen Shoulders (The Niel-Asher Technique)Back and neck pain, Disc problems, Sciatic pain, Sports injury, Nerve pain, Arthritic condition, Muscle pain,and Joint strains
Directions to Avenue Osteopathic Practice
Osteopaths at Avenue Osteopathic Practice are happy to treat patients with any condition listed above.
Spitting up
Spitting-up is a fairly common condition for babies during their first 6-12 months. Milk or food is reguritated fairly gently by the child in an involuntary fashion; by contrast vomiting is a more violent expulsion of food or liquid. The medical term is "gastroesophageal reflux". The most common cause of this reflux is the relatively small size of the baby's stomach relative to the amount of milk drunk or food ingested and is exacerbated if the baby takes in too much air whilst feeding. Osteopaths recommend to try to slow feeding and to hold the baby upright whilst drinking and for as long as possible - at least a quarter of an hour - after feeds. Osteopaths frequently treat this condition which can be helped by gentle massage of the stomach and release of tension in the soft tissues around the blood vessels feeding the liver, lungs , diaphragm and the small intestine. In addition the release of tension around the umbilical scar has been found beneficial in treating spitting up.
Edema
From an osteopathic perspective edema - or an abnormal concentration of fluid in any part of the body - is most frequently the result of a blockage of the body's normal absorptive flows which may be caused by a trauma or by post-operative scarring for example. The danger is the viscious cycle whereby edemas cause further blockages to blood vessels and nerves which impedes their function giving rise to tissue congestion exacerbating the problem. The recommended treatment for edema is to restore free movement to the lymphatice drainage system via gentle manipulation or massage. The intended effect is improve circulation, increased resorption, and a system that can naturally heal itself.
