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20 Nov 2012
Lisa will be on holiday from Thursday 22nd Nov until Monday 10th Dec
If you would like to make an enquiry during this time or book an appointment on her return, please email lisa@osteopath-westcouk and she will do her best to get back to you ASAP and dependent on
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18 Oct 2012
Central Nervous System: Brain & Spinal Cord
Central sensitization is a term that is being used more frequently across all medical professions, osteopaths, physio’s, psychotherapists and consultants alike but
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26 Jun 2012
Recently a number of adolescent cricketers have been brought to my clinic by their parents for treatment for low back pain These young cricketers are predominately fast bowlers or as one 14 year old described himself as, “well that kinda bowler” Two of these cricketers are playing either
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27 Feb 2012
This is an interview style blog with Gail Edmans who is training for the Marathon Des Sables which is held in the Sahara desert in Morocco this April We decided on an interview due to time being precious for someone who manages to fit her training around a full
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24 Jan 2012
STAGES OF HEALING
Stages of healing: prof Tim Watson
As osteopaths or
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20 Jul 2011
Having had a number of patients visit my osteopathic clinic in recent months with shoulder impingement, I thought that this had be my next blog The patients who presented with signs of impingement were mostly in their 40s and many were triathletes & or swimmers
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07 Jun 2011
Lots of British support for the tough bike leg in lanzarote May 2011
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07 Jun 2011
April & May has seen 8 endurance athletes, connected to Osteopath West, complete 6 different Endurance events injury free Events ranged from an ironman triathlon (24 mile swim, 112 mile cycle & finish by running a marathon 262mile) to the Moon Walk (262 miles through
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21 Apr 2011
Good Luck to Rob Jeffery who is preparing for the Comrades double marathon in South Africa by doing the Compton 40 mile run in Reading this Easter weekend See link below for details
http://wwwcomptonharriersorguk/
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26 Feb 2011
Gail Edmans, who suffers with asthma, on her way to finishing the 'Norsman' extreme ironman triathlon in Norway 2010
What is asthma?
Asthma is a chronic condition where hypersinsitivity to an allergen (ie dust or animal fur) or to cold
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22 Feb 2011
I have accepted 2 new osteopath positions at clinics in NW and East London
I am now treating from:
Osteopath West in Ealing: Mon 830am-7pm, Tues 830am-7pm, Fri 9am-1pm
60 Highgate Rd, NW5: Thurs 9am-7pm
Reebok Club, Canary Wharf: Wed 2-730pm
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24 Jan 2011
The Purple Cube World Series Squash Finals
This was a great event, The Mens World Squash Series Finals at Queens Club, West London The Saudia Arabian sponsors /promoters aimed to ‘sex-up’ the game
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11 Jan 2011
Report on PSA Men’s Squash World Series Finals at Queen’s Club, West London comming up next week
I’m off to watch the squash tomorrow night in the new revolutionary glass court set up inside a dome on the grass tennis courts
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07 Jan 2011
Those of you training for the London marathon or any other marathon this spring will be well into your training by now Let’s hope that all has gone to plan and that you are injury free
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26 Dec 2010
Sorry there has been a bit of a gap since my last blog, but I was having my website re-written, now I have a built-in blog facility, blogs will be more regular Next Blog for all Marathon runners, on stretching to prevent injury
Hope you
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11 Nov 2010
Core strengthening
Core exercise programmes tend to focus on the trunk muscles ie deep spinal & abdominal muscles, however the gluteal or buttock muscles are just as important, particularly for runners
[caption id=”attachment_80″ align=”alignnone” width=”310″ caption=”The gluteals are made up of 3 muscles: gluteus maximus, medius & minimus and have a
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27 Oct 2010
Many of you will have had your places for the 2011 London Marathon confirmed this week, so roughly 23 weeks to train your bodies to cope with 262 miles on the road
Over the next month I will be blogging some top-toe tips on how to stay injury free and
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18 Oct 2010
Yesterday Rob Jeffery ?sucessfully completed his cycle from lands End to John O’Groats in 11 days without support
Rob, a regular patient for many years, booked a treatment and anounced that he was going to cycle Lands End to John O’Groats in 2 months time When asked if he had
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01 Oct 2010
What is Plantar fasciitis?
Plantar fasciitis is inflammation of the fascia underneath the foot Fascia is found throughout the body enveloping and linking muscles with bones and organs In the foot it is a very tough tissue which runs from the heel to the bones in the middle of the
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24 Sep 2010
£35,000 was raised for Action Aid Medical Research and more than 400 riders completed the course on a wet and windy day!
Cyclists turned up on an assortment of bikes, from a fixed wheel (no geared) bike to a Boris bike, for more insight read Simon Usborne’s column
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