Articles to help and inform
Tennis elbow, or to give it it’s medical title, lateral epicondylitis, is by far the most common cause of elbow pain. It is commonly seen in athletes who use racquets, but 95% of people who have tennis elbow don’t play tennis (1). So why would you get tennis elbow? Why is it so sore? And […]
Exercise is commonly broken down into two categories, strength training (developing and building muscle) and ‘cardio’ (training the body’s ability to convert oxygen into energy for movement). One of the most common and easily accessible activities to help with cardiovascular training is running, it’s cheap in that you only need a pair of trainers and […]
We were searching round for a good topic for another article for this month, so we decided to ask some of our patients what they would be interested in reading. One idea that really grabbed us was ‘how old is too old to be having osteopathic treatment’? In this article we attempt to answer this […]
Learn how at Align body Clinic we are uniquely placed to help sufferers of fibromyalgia by; Manipulation of fascia Spinal manipulation and mobilisation Exercise prescription Improving sleep patterns Fibromyalgia is a very common chronic pain condition that is present in up to 5% of the western world (1). Sufferers of fibromyalgia usually have pain in […]
Everybody has probably experienced some kind of knee pain, most of us will have had a bit of tendonitis in the knee after overdoing some kind of activity. It can be pretty sore for a few days, making it hard to get up and down the stairs and getting up out of a chair but […]
Not all heroes wear capes and not all athletes wear trainers, some wear wellies and gloves! People don’t think of gardening as being an activity that takes a lot of effort, maybe imagining a more sedate pastime of clipping plants or edging the grass, but you try moving a load of soil, spend a day […]
So you’ve done your training, slogged out the miles over winter to be ready for the Bath Half, you have your shorts and trainers ready and you’ve raised some money for one of Bath’s great local charities. But how do you ensure that you actually have a good time at the event? Maybe you need some […]
Patients often ask us if we think they need an MRI scan, and our answer is nearly always no. Let’s take back pain as an example. It is estimated that only 1-5% of back pain is caused by a serious medical condition that could be detected by an MRI (and these people usually have other symptoms as well […]
As well as seeing patients, our osteopath Jay Ruddock is also involved in helping produce evidence summaries to help guide osteopaths towards best practice. Some of you may remember that in 2016 he was part of a team that published a full systematic review looking at spinal manipulation for the treatment of low back pain. Now […]
At Align Body Clinic we are always striving to provide great value on an excellent service and the highest standard of osteopathic treatment possible to help you get over any painful injuries you may have. Many clinics may also claim to do this, but below are a few points about how we can prove that we are […]