Pain from degenerative disc disease can be debilitating, but you have options. Exercise, over-the-counter pain medications, lifestyle changes, and surgery are all valid ways to control degenerative disc disease pain.
34 Pictures That Show You Exactly What Muscles You’re Stretching – DavidWolfe.com
Excellent picture to remind us exactly what we are trying to stretch. Stretching is a key component of both exercise and health, as it helps to maintain flexibility and range of motion in your joints. It’s easy to forget to stretch before a workout, perhaps because we don’t know exactly why it is that stretching is so important. Well, stretching improves muscle development, increases range of motion, […]
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Osteopaths – Referring to other health professionals
As a primary healthcare professional your osteopath, in addition
to their osteopathic skills, have been trained to undertake
detailed medical histories and a comprehensive range of clinical examinations in an effort to diagnose the cause of your symptoms. It is due to this extensive training that they are able to determine
if you may need to be referred on for further tests to determine an accurate diagnosis, or if your condition may require the intervention of another health professional.
When this happens your osteopath can write to your GP outlining their ndings and requesting further investigations or referral to an appropriate consultant.
In addition to referring to your GP, many osteopaths know their local medical community well, so are well placed to recommend treatment from other health professionals who are able to treat
speci c conditions, or even another osteopath with specialist knowledge of the condition.
Before your osteopath makes any referral, they will discuss with you their diagnosis and explain why they feel you need help from someone else.
If you are happy to be referred they will ask your permission to write to the person they are referring you to with details of your case notes and any other information from their examination that they feel might help the clinician to treat you most effectively. This may help you to get better or faster treatment because the next person to see you won’t be starting from scratch and will have the bene t of another expert’s insight into your condition. If you prefer, you can ask for a copy of your notes to take to your GP or another doctor.
If you are referred, do keep your osteopath informed about your ongoing treatment, and feel free to continue to consult him or her about any other aches and pains you’re experiencing.
Cringe-inducing 3D scan of a woman’s foot bones in high heels
We all know that high-heeled shoes aren’t great for the feet, but what exactly are those shoes doing to wearers’ bones? Orthopedic researchers are now using a 3D-scanner to get a better look inside the feet of the high heel fan.
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Dr Karl Kruszelnicki’s science conundrums: How healthy is coconut water?
Interesting article…..The coconut was very useful in the early days of human exploration – some 70,000 years ago, when we walked out of Africa in the depths of an Ice Age and then spread through the tropics.
Source: Dr Karl Kruszelnicki’s science conundrums: How healthy is coconut water?
Tight Hamstrings Stretching Routine for Posterior Chain
YOUTUBE CHANNEL: WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/FUNCTIONALPATTERNS Good video to watch. Tight Hamstrings Stretching Routine for Posterior Chain By popular demand, I decided to put up a hamstring stretching routine! The hamstrings are…
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Modern life causes 90 per cent of cancers
Up to nine in ten common cancers are caused by the way people live, research has found. Diet, a lack of exercise, pollution and stress lead to the overwhelming majority of cancers of the breast, prosta
Excellent video of how it is done a replacement… – Sciencefactum.com
Excellent video of how it is done a replacement knee..!!
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Why You Can Blame Evolution For Your Back Ache | IFLScience
Back pain is the largest contributor to disability worldwide, according to the most recent Global Burden of Disease study. This comes as no surprise to health practitioners, but why do so many of us suffer from back pain? Researchers suggest that evolutionary biology can help us to unravel the mysteries of lower back pain.
Source: Why You Can Blame Evolution For Your Back Ache | IFLScience
Extreme fitness: exercise challenges that should carry a health warning
Running a marathon, once considered the ultimate endurance test, no longer carries much in the way of bragging rights. Among a growing band of superfit extremists, the overriding sentiment seems to be tha
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