EDS: Ehlers Danlos Syndrome

Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS) is a collection of various connective tissue disorders. Although considered rare, they cause aches, pains, and other complications that often cause patients to seek osteopathic treatment; so we see a lot of EDS patients, relatively...
Common Misconceptions

Common Misconceptions

Alongside our roles as osteopaths in providing treatment and exercise, we also need to do a bit of myth-busting when patients share ideas that might actually make their pain worse. It sounds dramatic, but research shows that the way we think about our pain does affect...
The Effects of Hormones on Pain

The Effects of Hormones on Pain

Hormones are constantly changing, but longer term changes can have a significant effect on the way your body experiences pain. Two common examples are menopause and hypothyroidism (low thyroid function). Menopause Menopause affects half of the population at some...
Trigger Points

Trigger Points

Trigger points are a complicated and misunderstood cause of pain. They are more than just “knots”, and they may be responsible for symptoms quite distant from the points themselves (referred pain). Trigger points (TrPs) have been described in a number of...
Sciatica

Sciatica

Sciatica is commonly self diagnosed- although not all leg pain is caused by the sciatic nerve. The term is reserved specifically for a collection of symptoms caused by irritation to the sciatic nerve. Symptoms of Sciatica Whenever a nerve is irritated like this,...