Stretching Exercises with Dr Katie Bruni (Osteopath)
Stretching exercises are a great way to help get you moving, and maybe even help ease any pain you're in. If your lower back is sore, your middle back feels stiff, or something just doesn't...
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Lower Back Pain- 3 exercises to help before getting out of bed.
Lower back pain- what is it? One of the most common complaints we see at Lifespan Osteopathy is lower back pain. Technically speaking, lower back pain is pain that occurs anywhere between your lowest ribs and...
How to get an accurate sciatica diagnosis
"Sciatica". It's a pretty common term. But getting an accurate sciatica diagnosis is not always easy, and true sciatica is not as common as you may think. If what you're experiencing truly is "sciatica", we have...
What are “Growing Pains”, and does my child have them?
Aside from being a cheesy 80’s sitcom, “growing pains” are the most common form of episodic musculoskeletal pain in childhood. But what exactly are they? Typically, the pain involved in “growing pains” is: Not over...
What’s the best body temperature in pregnancy?
Good news for the pregnant ladies amongst us! Pregnant women have long been told to avoid extremes of heat, and have been limited to measures such as limiting baths to body temperature (37°C), or not...
Headache In Pregancy
Many of our recent posts about pregnancy-related pain have focussed on lower back and pelvic girdle pain. Whilst these are some of the most common conditions we see in our pregnant patients, mums-to-be, just...
How To Manage Acute Back and Neck Pain
Here at Lifespan, we see many patients suffering from acute pain. The sharp, catchy, stop-you-in-your-tracks type of pain that often ‘comes out of nowhere’ and throws your plans out the window. In fact, despite the fact...
Back pain in new mums
One of the conditions that we see commonly in women who've recently had a baby is lower back pain. This can sometimes come as a surprise and even disappointment for new mums, as some of...
10 Things You Need To Know About Neck and Shoulder Region Pain
We’ve all been there. Neck pain. It’s literally a pain in the neck. It can start in a number of ways. Some people go to bed fine one night and wake up the next morning unable to turn...
The Lowdown on Lower Back Pain
One of the most common complaints we see here at Lifespan is lower back pain. That’s not surprising, because around 85% of the population will experience it at some stage of their lives. In people younger...