Menopause is a normal physiologic process that occurs in all menstruating females and is defined as the permanent cessation of menstrual cycles due to the body stopping the production of reproductive hormones from the ovaries for at least 12 months (1). This occurs in most females between the ages of 45 and 56 and the […]
A stitch when running can be irritating at best, and completely debilitating at worst. The sharp or crampy pain that can occur for a few seconds to a few minutes can ruin plenty of runs! What is a runner’s stitch, what causes it, and how can you stop it from happening? Find out all these […]
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 […]
What is a rotator cuff? The rotator cuff is a collection of four muscles around the shoulder that help permit the shoulder to do a wide range of motion while contributing to its stability. The four muscles that make up the rotator cuff are subscapularis, infraspinatus, teres minor, and supraspinatus, all of these muscles originate […]
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 […]
Our expert osteopaths in Bath treat hip bursitis and thigh pain on a daily basis. One of the more common complaints that people describe is that they have pain on the outside of the hip/thigh when they focus more weight on the side where the hip pain occurs, commonly these would be activities such as […]
Lower Back Pain Chronic lower back pain is a very common thing to suffer from, in fact, it is the most common non-communicable disease on the planet and is the single largest contributor to disability (1). As you might imagine with something so common that causes such an impact on people’s ability to live a […]
