Many women experience cramping, pelvic pain, or back pain during their menstrual cycle. While period pain is common, severe or ongoing pain should not simply be dismissed as “normal”. For some women, symptoms can significantly impact daily life, affecting work, exercise, sleep, energy levels, and overall wellbeing. Primary dysmenorrhoea refers to painful periods without an…
Feeling stiffness and soreness in your hands and fingers? Osteoarthritis is a common condition in these areas. It is where, over time the protective cartilage on the ends of your bones slowly starts to break down. This leads to rubbing of ‘bone on bone’ and can cause tissue inflammation and pain Picture…
Pregnancy is one of the most significant times of physical change in a woman’s body throughout her life. These changes happen in a relatively short period of time often resulting in extra stress on the muscles and joints. Health and Balance osteopathy will support you through your pregnancy by providing gentle and safe treatment. This…
Are you experiencing pain, altered sensation or heaviness in your arm? It could be thoracic outlet syndrome. Thoracic outlet syndromes (TOS) are a group of conditions that occur when there is compression or irritation to the nerves or blood vessels as they pass through the ‘thoracic outlet’, or as they travel from your neck towards…
Workstation Setup, Desk Posture and Ergonomics One of the most common reasons clients present to Health and Balance Osteopathy is for relief from the “pains and strains” that come from sitting at a desk all day. Headaches, neck pain, back stiffness, and wrist or forearm pain are all frequent complaints. Our bodies aren’t designed to…
Pinching pain in the hip caused by femoroacetabular impingement Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is a condition of the hip in which extra bone grows along either one of both bones that make up the hip (the femur/leg bone or acetabulum/pelvic bone). This gives the bones an irregular shape and can causes friction and ‘impingement’ of the…
