One of the more common sentences we hear when we ask patients what makes their pain worse is ‘the cold’ or ‘when it gets damp’. A lot of people who suffer from osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis also report that the weather affects their joints. In fact 2/3 of people who have musculoskeletal pain will report […]
Osteoarthritis (or OA) is a ‘wear and repair’ condition of joints. Our joints are always going through a process of wear, and repair, and sometimes this process causes changes to the shape and function of a joint. We would expect most people’s joints to change as we go through life, these are normal changes and […]
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 […]
How often do you hear someone say ‘Oh I think it’s a touch of rheumatism’, when they have some stiffness or pain? Or maybe they say, ‘it’s probably arthritis’. Both of these comments may be correct, but how do you tell if you have arthritis? And if you have it, what type is it, osteoarthritis […]
What is Arthritis? Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease which affects the bone and cartilage, it is extremely common in people over 50 (1). In the knee the early symptoms are stiffness or aching in the knee when weight bearing, or stiffness when trying to get moving in the morning. Later, symptoms can progress to […]
