Osteopathy

Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a poorly understood chronic pain condition. It is associated with widespread aches and pains, poor sleep and cognitive function, fatigue, and muscular tenderness. Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia Diagnosing the condition can be difficult, as there are no tests to identify it directly. Like IBS, this is a functional condition, as opposed to structural, which …

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Rheumatoid arthritis Alsager

Arthritic Pain

Arthritic pain can be caused by the most common form of arthritis: osteoarthritis. However it can also be caused by rheumatoid arthritis, or other less common forms. Different Types of Arthritis The most common cause of arthritic pain is osteoarthritis (OA). This is the form that people often simply refer to as “arthritis”. Unlike other …

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Neuralgia

Neuralgia literally means “nerve pain”. Two common forms are trigeminal neuralgia, affecting the face, and post-herpetic neuralgia following shingles. Symptoms of Neuralgia When a nerve is irritated, it can cause a sharp or shooting pain, along with pins and needles, numbness, or weakness over the same area. The pain often directly follows the nerve, to …

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Non-Traumatic Neck Pain

Neck pain can come out of nowhere, and even a cricked neck that develops overnight can sometimes stick around for longer than anticipated. Your osteopath can help you to manage these episodes, and help you with those aches and pains that keep coming back. Causes of Neck Pain Like the lower back, there are a …

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Tennis Elbow

Lateral epicondylitis is the technical name for tennis elbow. It is similar to medial epicondylitis: golfer’s elbow. Both are inflammation of the point where muscles attach to bone. For the former it is wrist extension (the tennis backhand motion) and for the latter it’s wrist flexion. Symptoms of Epicondylitis Pain usually comes on somewhat gradually, …

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Frozen Shoulder

Frozen shoulder is a condition causing pain and loss of movement in the shoulder. Not all movements are affected. The following three become painful and limited throughout the course of the freezing phase: external rotation: reaching to the back seat in the car internal rotation: putting your arm in a sleeve abduction: lifting your arm …

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