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Get 2 it Osteopathy

Locality: Engadine, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 9548 1563

Address: 37-39 Cambrai Ave 2233 Engadine, NSW, Australia

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24.01.2022 It has been 2 weeks since my last post on lower back pain. I am sorry it was as long as it was too! I will keep this one a lot shorter ! This week I will be discussing movement and exercise in relation to lower back pain. Like the use of heat and cold (please goto my page and read the post on this topic if you haven't) there is often confusion with lower back pain whether a person should be completely resting, just limiting activity or if they should be doing stretching or st...Continue reading

23.01.2022 Appointments are still available for this week. If you are in need for some pain relief, give us a call on 9548 1563.

22.01.2022 Lower back pain and you. Despite all the advances in medicine, lower back pain remains one of the least understood and most poorly managed musculo-skeletal conditions. Treatment advice from doctors range from rest and stopping everything, to taking painkillers, having cortisone injections all the way to spinal fusion !... Yet despite these things, the pain either doesn't go away or just keeps coming back. Over the coming weeks I am planning to address a lot of the issues and confusion surrounding lower back pain, and how I go about successfully treating it. As an Osteopath I often see patients after they have gone to the doctor, physio, chiro, acupuncturist, local Chinese massage - anywhere they can think of to get some relief. Unfortunately for these people it isn't until after they have tried all these things that they hear about seeing an osteopath ! If this sounds like you, then please follow this series of posts. If you need help right now, I do have a few appointments left this week, but not many !

20.01.2022 Do you have private health insurance ? Most private health funds will reset as of the 1st January. Make the most of the premiums and book for an appointment.

19.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who has liked the page. We do have some appointments still available for next week. Get in fast.

18.01.2022 Another fortnight has passed ! today I will just wrap up lower back pain. There are many causes, and they are broad, but the same things seem to occur in most cases. There is muscle imbalance and tightness, muscle spasm, inflammation and pain. Multiple areas of the body are involved, not just the lower back. The pain can be so intense that we convince ourselves that something major has occurred and that it might never get better !... Essentially the steps to recovery remain the same. 1. stop the activity that hurt it to prevent further injury 2. rest ice and pain relief are useful. 3. seek professional advice and hands on treatment 4. limit aggravating activities as you heal 5. don't begin exercises (stretching or strengthening) too early 6. continue to maintain your health and fitness once you recover. Remember that although lower back pain hurts - often a lot ! most of the time the injury isn't serious. Follow the steps, find an osteopath or other manual therapy practitioner that will take the time do treat you properly and things usually will resolve smoothly.

17.01.2022 In the last 3 posts I have spoken about the confusion surrounding lower back pain, why it is important to take a proper case history and why treatment of your lower back pain should address the biggest muscles as part of treatment. Today I am going to just launch into the overall treatment plan of lower back pain. Points 3-6 below are what i aim to address today. Summarised lower back pain treatment looks something like this:...Continue reading

17.01.2022 Belated HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone! Get2it osteopathy is open for 2019. So make your new year resolution to be to get rid of the pains you have been ignoring. Stop procrastinating get 2 it!

16.01.2022 If you have private health insurance, chances are your extras cover will expire end of December. Give us a call to book an appointment and use the services you're paying for.

15.01.2022 We are fully booked on Thursday but we still have some availability on Wednesday and Saturday morning. Need an appointment, book now !

14.01.2022 If you are feeling the end of year stress already or have any annoying niggles or tightness - odds are you are going to need treatment before the Christmas break. It is important you book in soon, because appointments are filling fast, and if you wait until mid December, you will end up ringing around like so many others only to be told that you will have to put up with your pain until January... Dont Let this be you !.

14.01.2022 This post is the final one to wrap up knee pain. Sorry it was delayed for so long, but Easter and school holidays kept me busy with my kids ! Please take the time to go back and re-read the last 3 posts to refresh you memory, as I am launching right in - so this post is a bit more medical jargon intensive. Generally knee pain in children goes in the following order of severity:...Continue reading

13.01.2022 This is a continuation of last week's post on knee pain... In order to understand what is likely to be causing your child's knee pain, you need to gain a basic understanding of the muscles and how they attach to the knee. The Green muscles in the 1st picture are a group of muscles collectively called the Quadriceps muscles. They attach the the front of your hip bone, along your upper leg bone (called the Femur) and to the bony bump sticking out just below your knee cap (which... is called your Patella) These muscles are used a lot when your child is running, jumping, squatting, dancing, kicking a ball or walking up and down hills or stairs. Normally this isn't a problem, except at the same time your child is growing at a faster rate. This means that their Femur is growing longer faster than their Quadriceps muscles, tendons and ligaments are able to stretch. This puts a lot of extra pressure where the tendons attach to the outer sheath of the bone (called the Periosteum). In the 2nd picture you can see a red circle drawn where the Quadriceps muscles attach onto the shin bone (called the Tibia) via the Patella tendon. So what does all this mean ? Imagine your child's leg is like a wooden bow and the muscles are the bow string. When you pull the bow string and let it go, it kind of acts like their muscles contracting when they are playing sport etc - it puts more pressure on the ends of the bow where the string is attached just like muscles put more pressure on the Periosteum where they attach to the bones when they contract. Now imagine the wood in the bow is able to grow so that the ends are further apart, so now the string has been pulled tighter because it can't stretch. You can still pull the string back on the bow, but it is much harder, and now the bow is under stress even when you let the string go. It doesn't matter how much you pull the bow string back to "stretch it"- it is already stretched even at rest. By stretching it all you do is put more and more stress on where the string attaches to the bow. This is very similar to your child. That is why their knee is so sore just below the knee cap. It is over worked, over stretched and inflamed. Having them "stretch it" to loosen it off wont work, because like the bowstring their muscles are already being stretched by the bone growing faster. Excercises to "strengthen the muscles" wont work because each time the muscles are contracted they pull harder on the attachment and cause more inflammation and pain and they are already using them heaps in their activities. Resting doesn't seem to help much, because the bone is still growing while they rest. It may help reduce some of the inflammation but and as soon as they start doing anything again, it gets worse and painful again quickly. What is the missing step ? Stay tuned for next weeks post where I propose a solution...

12.01.2022 The office will be closing for a well earnt Christmas break from Saturday 21st. We will be reopened from 8th January. We wish you a very merry Christmas. Looking forward to seeing you in the new year.

12.01.2022 What is causing your child's knee pain ? Is it "growing pains", Osgood-Schlatter Disease, Patella Tendonitis ? It can be quite confusing for you as a parent when your early teenage (or late preteen) child starts complaining about knee pain. They are young, healthy and active, yet despite resting their legs and stretching, the pain seems to keep coming back and is getting worse. ... Often you will be told or think it is just "growing pains", until you take them to your local GP who in a serious voice pronounces that they have Osgood-Schlatter Disease... and it will resolve in a years time if they are lucky. The usual advised treatments range from cessation of sporting activities to additional strengthening and stretching routines. There is often confusion over the application of ice or heat and if or which pain killers/anti inflammatory drugs to use. If this describes your situation then stay tunes for the next post which will briefly explain what you are dealing with and how to treat it,

11.01.2022 Don't forget to use your private health cover or your Medicare EPC before the 31st of this month. Now is the time to use it before you lose it.

11.01.2022 The last day of appointments for 2017 will be Saturday 23 December. Appointments are filling up fast. Most health insurances will reset at of 1st January, so now is the time to book.

10.01.2022 I wanted to begin the 3rd post in the series on lower back pain by recapping the general categories people fall into after having a complete case history taken. (I am going to change the order slightly for easier discussion) 1. Pain presentation or history is such that something serious is suspected, and referral is best practice to rule these things out....Continue reading

06.01.2022 Hot or Cold ? In this week's post I wanted to address the confusion that many people have regarding the use of heat packs or cold packs with the aim of reducing their pain. Some people swear by heat, others cold and if you are either of those people then stick to what works for you. However, if you are unsure or want to know WHY heat or cold may be better read on....Continue reading

01.01.2022 This post is a continuation on the last 2 weeks talking about knee pain. After reading the last 2 posts you should now have a basic understanding to why your child's knee pain hasn't gone away despite rest, stretches, anti-inflammatory drugs or knee exercises. So what is missing? As an osteopath, when someone comes in to my clinic in pain, it makes sense to do first things first It goes something like this...... 1. Rule out the nasties 2. Establish the cause of the pain 3. Examine not only the area of pain, but all the connecting areas 4. Treat all the areas affected, not just the painful area. I have already spoken about the main areas that are likely to be causing your child's knee pain over the last 2 weeks, so I am going to dive into what to do about it and why it works when other methods don't. The biggest problem is that your child;'s quadriceps muscles are tight, shortened and inflamed where they attach onto the bone. So rule number 1 - STOP stretching them ! The only way to release this without adding extra pressure to the attachments is by having an osteopath manually work on these muscles and release them. This involves slow deep pressure along the muscles in the legs - and when I say legs I mean all the way from the foot to the hip (see picture 1 for a look at all the muscles). The attachments onto the bone must also be treated manually. This takes time, so you want to go to a practitioner that is willing to spend at least 30 minutes working on your child. If this is done correctly, it will be somewhat uncomfortable (but not too painful) for your child mainly around the knee area, but at the end of the treatment, they will feel immediate relief from the pulling ache that they have been getting. Depending on their activity levels this relief will last 4-7 days approx. It is advisable that they have a few treatments about a week apart to allow for the muscles to heal and recover, but not too long that they start getting bad again. After a few treatments the pain should be under control even with your child doing their regular activity. It is important to note that this is not a cure, as your child will continue to grow, so the muscles will continue to be stretched - and thus will require continuing treatment to keep them healing and adapting. The good news is that treatments will be able to be spaced out to 2-4 weeks depending on severity, and this will allow your child to continue doing what they love - without you hearing how sore they are all the time. This is a Win/Win i think ! Next week I will finish this series by discussing the difference between the various conditions that cause knee pain - but as a general rule - most of them are treated very similar to what has been outlined today. If you require treatment for your child (or your knee pain) please feel free to call us at Get 2 it Osteopathy on (02) 9548 1563 and we will be able to help you, or recommend someone in your area who can if we are too far away !

01.01.2022 This is a continuation of last weeks post on the series on Lower back pain. Lower back pain in the most common condition I treat in my osteopathic practice. It also seems to be the least readily defined. Medical diagnosis is often misleading or generic. It is interesting to note that medical imaging fails to identify the cause of most lower back pain, and studies have shown that even MRI scans showing joint and disk degeneration rarely can be used to predict or explain why s...omeone has lower back pain compared to others showing similar things that are pain free. This means that for most people who see a GP they are left with a medical diagnosis of "non specific lower back pain" which is medical jargon for "you have a sore back (because you told me you do) and I don't really know why, but don't worry it isn't anything serious and it won't kill you." So if you cant't see most of the causes of lower back back on x-ray, CT scan or MRI, then how do you figure out what is going on ? Hitting Google for answers is rarely a good option because without clinical experience you will more than likely identify some exotic condition as the cause of your pain and use that to justify why you arn't getting better ! So what is left ? Seeing an osteopath who will take the time to take a thorough history is important, because without that you are seeking treatment blind. It is also important to note at this point, unless there is a good reason that the practitioner suspects something serious is going on from your history, referral for medical imaging may be good for business, but is unethical at best. After your history has been taken, you will generally fall into one of the following categories... 1. Pain presentation or history is such that something serious is suspected, and referral is best practice to rule these things out. 2.The presentation is complex and involves multiple areas of pain, complex pain patterns, stress or a range of other lifestyle factors or injuries.It makes everyday life a major effort at best. 3. The pain has been present a long time but often has periods where it is worse than normal and can spread to other areas. Some times it gets bad enough to make it difficult to get anything done. 4. The pain comes and goes, but when it comes back it is always the same area, and causes alot of trouble until it settles again. 5. The pain is related to a specific event and hasn't gone away since then 6. The pain has come on gradually but seems to be getting worse or just hasn't resolved 7. I woke up with it and I can't move ! help ! 8. I just feel like it has stiffened up, it doesn't bother me much, but I notice it when I..... Please note that these are just general descriptions of what I see and don't represent either an exhaustive list, or a prognosis on recovery. next week I will start to unpack most of the above categories and attempt to explain some of the causes, and treatment rationale to address each.