One of the most accepted health concepts is that we “have” bad or good posture–as if it were something that we “catch” like a disease. This concept leads to limiting belief systems like “I’ve had bad posture all my life” or “my family has bad posture and so do I”. Belief systems…
When new patients come to get help from an osteopath, it is usually for one of two reasons. The first is that they have tried all kinds of treatments and modalities, and NOTHING is working (no pressure here!) The other is usually through word of mouth from a family member or good…
Imagine a sudden pain starts in your leg and you come in to see an osteopath. Instead of just looking at your leg, an osteopath will do a full assessment and consider other parts of your body, stresses, or experiences that could be contributing to your discomfort. We osteopaths use this same…
Chances are you haven’t given your diaphragm a lot of thought—maybe you never really have until now! To say that the diaphragm is just responsible for breathing is an understatement for two reasons. The first is that breathing is a HUGE process that occurs in our body, it’s essential to life and…
Did you know that babies have soft skulls when they’re born? As infants develop, a vast amount of bones fuse together which means that infants are actually born with more bones than adults. In today’s article Chloé Sardin will explain a condition called Plagiocephaly, which often presents in infants with a head…
We all have phases of our lives where things pick up; maybe it’s because you’ve welcomed a new baby, or taken up a new role at work, or a family member needs extra support during a difficult time. There’s no denying that life goes through cycles. The problem is that in our…
Headaches can be, well, a headache to diagnose. If you’re one of those people that have sought to diagnosis the cause of a headache that always seems to come back, you’re not alone. The truth is there are a lot of different factors that can cause this kind of pain. In today’s…
