Use when explaining what happens in treatment and how change occurs and when preparing someone for the process, timelines, uncertainty, or variability of recovery.
If I had a pound for every time someone apologised for their socks, I would have retired by now. Almost every new patient does it — they sit down, take off their shoes, and say: “I should’ve worn better socks.” …
That line sometimes stops people in their tracks. If you’re coming to see an osteopath, surely the whole point is to be fixed? But here’s the honest truth: I don’t fix people.And I don’t want to. Your body already knows …
When the exercises I’ve prescribed don’t work I often find I do my best work. Ok, let’s be clear, I don’t love the fact that a client might not be getting better, but I do love the dialogue that’s opened …
A Linea Alba Hernia (AKA Epigastric Hernia) is a protrusion on the midline between the tummy button (Umbilicus) and the bottom of the rib cage. (Xiphoid Process) They are common in ‘tubby’ men between the age of 20-50. They don’t …
I’m often approached by people who’ve had failed treatment for pain in the sacroiliac region with other osteopaths or physiotherapists. This is not just becasue it’s an area of work I specialise in. Chronic sacroiliac pain can be difficult to …
These days I find most of my clients are very open to discussing the mind & body connection which is central to my osteopathic work. I like to work with my clients to expand this idea with some thoughts about …
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As an Osteopath I treat mind and body, but I find it hard to think about the mind and body as separate entities. They are essential and interwoven elements of the person. I treat people. Think about how we use …
My wife spotted that I was bracing and making the pain from a pulled muscle much worse than it needed to be. I was able to significalty reduce my pain very quickly by just following my own advice… The trick …
Pulled a Muscle Coughing. My attempts to protect the injury made the pain worse. Read more »
A few years ago, on a wet miserable winter night somewhere in North Yorkshire I was driving home, and the road ahead was blocked. I didn’t have Sat Nav, a map or any local knowledge and there were no other …
Sat Nav for Pain – Chronic Pain Movement Strategies. Read more »