Sports injuries are common causes of muscle strains and ligament sprains. Fortunately, minor injuries are within your osteopath’s remit. Many of these boil down to a repetitive strain injury- soft tissue injuries in the shoulder as a result of repeated throwing, for example. Rotator cuff tears or strains would be an example of this. Other …
Golfer’s and Tennis Elbow are two common causes of elbow pain, affecting up to 3/100 adults each year. Those between the ages of 35-55 are most likely to develop them. The conditions are not always associated with the sports they are named after. Tennis elbow is an overstrain of the muscles that bend the wrist …
Beverley has a special interest in shoulder problems and she is qualified to diagnose and treat a range of conditions, some of which are detailed below. Scapulothoracic Maltracking This mouthful of a diagnosis is just a fancy way of talking about the way the shoulder blade moves. The shoulder complex is unusual in that it …