I was recently informed by a colleague of the recent death of Prof Gordon Waddell. He was one of the pioneers in the revolution of back pain management, including with his book "The back pain revolution" [1]. Gordon wrote a seminal paper entitled …
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Tendinitis
Tendinopathy, tendinitis, tenosynovitis... many words that are often used interchangeably and may not mean much to you. It is often unclear what these words mean and patients are often unclear on what they should do if they have one of them. Blogs …
Professional Doctorate in Osteopathy
Having trained as an osteopath and graduated in 2007, I was awarded a Professional Doctorate in Osteopathy at the end of 2016. During this five-year, part-time degree, I conducted research on low back pain. I first looked at why we develop low …
Research in practice award
On 25/11/2016, the Institute of Osteopathy presented awards during their gala dinner. The panel that voted for the awards was composed of Prof. Dawn Carnes, NCOR director, Charles Hunt, BSO Principal and chief executive, Maurice J Hills, Osteopathic …
Why do your knuckles pop?
You may be a knuckle-cracker or you may hate people doing it (it’s a bit like Marmite I guess, you either love it or hate it) but why do knuckles pop? In fact we could ask the same question about most joints in our body. Joint “self-cracking” brings …
Back Pain and Children
Like adults, children can suffer from back pain as a result of their lifestyle and their activities. And like adults, there are a number of things that parents and carers can do to prevent issues arising. If your child does complain of back pain, …