Pain is the body’s alarm system, shaped by injury, emotions, and past experiences. Fear and avoidance can worsen it, while understanding pain reduces fear and improves function. With the right approach, you can regain control and move with confidence.

At Osteopathic Movement, we understand the challenges of balancing a full-time job, family, and fitness. While pushing harder is often the advice given, we emphasise the importance of smart training to prevent injuries and maintain long-term health.

Explore the intricate connection between hip, pelvis, and foot mechanics with knee pain. Your poor knees are a fairly simply hinge joint that are often subject to excessive strain due to poor mechanics or strength deficits upstream or downstream.

Excessive tension limits range of motion, negatively impacting movement patterns. Addressing this relationship with Osteopathy enhances performance and reduces pain for better mobility.

Osteopathy is a proven and effective approach to help you find a more comfortable and active life. Discover its power to alleviate pain, release muscle tension, enhance joint flexibility, and reduce the risk of injuries. With osteopathy, you can confidently improve your physical well-being and live life to the fullest.

In today's fast-paced world, prolonged desk work and digital screens have left many of us grappling with musculoskeletal discomfort. In this blog, we explore how osteopathy can help you navigate the sedentary nature of modern life, providing relief and promoting better musculoskeletal health.

We are all born in to this world with a physical body, but how much do you know about it? What is the purpose of your musculoskeletal system? How does it work? How can you optimise it for a better life? 

Have you ever wondered what those circular bruises are on athletes bodies? Or have you ever had an Osteopath, Myotherapist or Chinese Medicine Practitioner offer you cupping? Well, this article will explain everything there is to know!

Ever suffered an acute injury such as ankle sprain or a shoulder dislocation? The management of these injuries have always been prescribed under the pneumonic RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation), but times are changing and evidence suggests a new method should take it’s place.

Warming up for exercise appropriately is crucial to improve performance and avoid injury. But not many people have a systematic approach to their warm up. This is where we come in!

As Osteopaths the most common issues we treat are postural in nature. With an unprecedented amount of people working from home these days we thought we’d put together our top tips for the best possible working from home desk set up.

Our Osteopath's have put together 5 of their favourite exercises to help reduce pain and tightness caused by working from home.

This is one of the most commonly asked questions here at Osteopathic Movement. Unfortunately there is no one simple answer. Everybody and every body is different. This blog will detail a few different cohorts and provide helpful advice on how often to see an Osteo.

Is sitting or standing better for you while working at your desk? Or is this the wrong question to ask altogether? In this blog we dig a little deeper into the recent discussion around sitting vs. standing and uncover the real truth behind what’s best for your physical and general health.

Have you ever heard the terms “postural tightness” or “compensating”. These terms are often used by musculoskeletal therapists to describe the efforts of your body to maintain balance from front-to-back and left-to right to prevent you from toppling over in one direction. These efforts can leave you with tightness and pain in your upper shoulders or lower back, most commonly. This article will detail why this happens and what you can do to relieve the discomfort.

Do you suffer from pain at the front of your knee? If so, this blog is for you. Known technically under the umbrella term “Anterior Knee Pain” this is an incredibly common presentation in our patients and arises from a multitude of factors. It can be quite difficult to resolve but with the correct diagnosis and appropriate management you can overcome your knee pain and get back to doing what you love, pain free!

Our exercise rehab sessions aren’t just for sports injury recovery. We can write and take you through programs to help increase your mobility and strength in order to decrease pain and muscular tightness. All programs are individually tailored and supervised by our experienced practitioners.

Did you know that a headache and migraine are two different presentations with similar symptoms? This blog will help clarify the differences between the two so that you can learn how to best manage your symptoms.

Have you heard the terms “Functional Movement” and “Functional Exercises” used recently but don’t know exactly what they mean? This blog outlines what is meant by these terms and explains what is involved in the appointment option “Functional Movement Assessment” that we offer at Osteopathic movement.

Musculoskeletal Self Care. Getting to know your own body’s tightnesses and weakness, restrictions and asymmetries can be incredibly helpful with regard to managing your aches and pains.