Osteopaths are generally known to treat musculoskeletal pain conditions such as:
- headaches
- neck pain
- back pain
- hip pain
- knee pain
- ankle and foot pain
- General muscle pain such as Fibromyalgia
- Joint problems caused by osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
As well as musculoskeltal pain osteopaths also can help with physiological conditions such as:
- Digestive issues such as Coeliac Disease, Crohns, heartburn, indigestion, IBS (Irritable bowel syndrome), Ulcerative colitis.
- Menstruation and menopausal symptoms.
- Respiratory conditions such as asthma, recurrent sinus and throat infections.
- Skin conditions such as dermatitis and eczema.
Osteopaths also use a technique called Cranial Osteopathy, which is similar to craniosacral therapy, that is excellent for babies and children. Conditions that can be helped include:
- Croup
- Digestive issues
- Feeding problems
- Hyperactivity
- Trauma from long birth/labour
These are just a few of the many conditions osteopaths treat.
Tennis elbow is inflammation of your forearm muscle tendons or tendinitis. Tendons usually become inflamed when the muscles they attach to become tired because over overworking. Muscles overwork usually because they are compensating for muscle weaknesses elsewhere. In my experience this muscle weakness can usually be found in the shoulder and is usually either the corocobracialis, subscapularis or teres minor muscles.
In Osteopathy, muscles are linked to particular nutrients and as such weakness can indicate deficiencies in those. For example, Corocobracialis is related to vitamin C, the Subscapularis is linked to B vitamins, and the Teres minor is linked to iron. By identifying which muscle is weak so the weakness can be resolved using a simple change in nutrition and as a consequence the forearm muscles will no longer have to overwork.
Dominick Hussey
