Articles to help and inform
This article is in praise of your plantar flexors! Your plantar flexors are basically the muscles on the back of your leg beneath the knee that enable you to point your toes (plantar flexion). You should be grateful for your calves, without them you wouldn’t be able to move forward, stand up on your toes, go […]
Headaches that originate from structures of the neck are called cervicogenic headaches, they are very common and account for up to 20% of all reported headaches (1). Often, a person suffering a cervicogenic headache will also have neck pain or stiffness, but this is not always the case. If the headache is caused by structures […]
For our expert osteopaths in Bath the most common symptom we treat is low back pain, in fact approximately half of the patients we see are seeking help with low back pain (1). The most common recommended treatments for sufferers of low back pain are exercise, spinal manipulation/mobilisation, advice, and guidance about the condition, and […]
If you have been diagnosed with a low back disc herniation you will know that it can be a very painful and debilitating condition and your thoughts have probably turned to the best and fastest way to get rid of the symptoms. Our osteopaths in Bath treat people with disc herniations almost every day. In […]