Tag Archives: Osteopathy
Is your car driving your pain? An osteopaths opinion
Is your car driving your pain? An osteopaths opinion
Is your car driving your pain? An osteopaths opinion
Whether driving a car, a bus, or a lorry or even as a passenger – you could be suffering driving related back pain.
In all these cases, osteopathy can help to reduce pain and your osteopath in Manchester can offer advice on back pain management, including simple exercises to prevent problems in the future.
Back Pain Help?
Back Pain Help
Types & Terms
To learn more about specific types of back pain and the back pain treatment you require, it helps to identify the “type” of back pain present, similar to a doctor visit when questioned, “Is it a stabbing pain or dull ache?”
These are helpful healthcare terms associated with back pain:
ACUTE – Most people in need of back pain help fall into this category. With acute lower back pain, certain movement ranges for activities may be limited due to pain. But most people recover within about four weeks on their own.
All About Sciatica
What is Sciatica?Sciatica is a medical term used to clarify symptoms that develop when the Sciatic nerve is compromised. Pseudo sciatica, which is the most common, occurs when the sciatic nerve is compressed by the Piriformis (bum) muscle. Right sciatica occurs when one of the sciatic nerve roots is compressed when it exits the spinal column.Symptoms of SciaticaRegardless of the type of Sciatica you have the symptoms are the same. These symptoms include but are not limited to pain in the low back, buttocks and down the back of the leg. Numbness and tingling are also common symptoms and they follow the same pathway. Weakness can develop anywhere along this pathway because there is an interruption in the sciatic nerve transmission.
