Physiotherapy is designed to understand and address your body’s needs. It is a specialized healthcare approach designed to restore movement, improve functionality, and aid in recovery from injuries, disabilities, or illnesses. By employing techniques like targeted exercises, manual therapies, and patient education, physiotherapy effectively addresses a wide variety of different physical conditions.
Chiropractors specialise in understanding the correlation between the body’s structure, especially the spine, and its functionality. The approach emphasises diagnosing and treating various musculoskeletal conditions using manual adjustments and holistic techniques.
Broadly speaking, all three treatments have the same desired outcome, but they approach physical well-being from different perspectives and will use subtly different techniques. Physiotherapists primarily use exercise-based rehabilitation and ultrasound, chiropractors use adjustments and are mainly focused on the spine and joints, and osteopaths use soft tissue massage, articulations, and adjustments as their treatment for musculoskeletal conditions.
What is Osteoarthritis? Osteoarthritis is a degenerative condition that affects your joints. The surfaces within your joints become damaged and therefore become degenerated and the joint
What causes sciatica? Sciatica is caused by irritation of the sciatic nerve. A slipped disc is the most common cause of sciatica. Additional common causes of
Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) occur as a result of problems with the jaw, jaw joint and surrounding facial muscles that control chewing and moving the jaw. What
The role of osteopathy on degenerative disk disease (DDD). Osteopaths can provide treatment techniques that will help to reduce pain, increase movement, and improve posture. At OsteopathiCare we will provide you with education and exercises that you can do at home and work to benefit your condition.
High blood pressure (hypertension) rarely has noticeable symptoms, but if untreated it increases your risk of heart attack, heart failure, kidney disease, stroke or dementia.
Over 5 million people in England are unaware they have high blood pressure, yet it affects more than 1 in 4 adults.
Some simple exercises and stretches you can do at home can help ease pain from sciatica (pain in your buttocks, legs and feet) and improve your strength and flexibility. Aim to do these exercises every day, along with other activities like walking, swimming or yoga. Your pain should start to ease within 2 weeks and will usually pass in about 4 to 6 weeks.
