Lordswood Osteopathic Clinic

12/12/2025

🎁 Thoughtful Gifts for Someone Living With Pain

Shopping for someone who deals with chronic pain or regular discomfort? The usual festive gifts might not be what they actually need.

Here are practical presents that could genuinely improve their daily comfort:

For desk workers:
💝 Ergonomic mouse or keyboard.
💝 Lumbar support cushion.
💝 Laptop stand to improve screen height.
💝 Footrest for better posture.

For general pain relief:
💝 Quality heat pack (microwaveable or electric).
💝 Foam roller for self-massage.
💝 Supportive pillow designed for their sleeping position.
💝 TENS machine for pain management.

For active people with pain:
💝 Compression sleeves for joints.
💝 Supportive trainers fitted properly.
💝 Massage ball set for trigger points.
💝 Resistance bands for gentle strengthening.

And the most valuable gift of all? 💝 Offering to book and pay for a treatment session at Lordswood Osteopathic Clinic for someone you care about.

Sometimes the most thoughtful present isn’t the most glamorous – it’s the one that shows you understand what someone’s dealing with and want to help make their daily life more comfortable.

📞 Want to give the gift of comfort? Call 07809 304027 to arrange a treatment for someone you love.

11/12/2025

👠 The Morning After: Party Season Takes Its Toll

Office parties, family gatherings, friends’ celebrations. The festive social calendar can be relentless – and doesn’t your body know it?!

No matter how great the event, the next day can bring discomfort from feet and ankles that are swollen and tender from prolonged standing to lower back pain from hours in heels.

Here are some quick recovery tips:

✅ Soak feet in warm water with Epsom salts.
✅ Elevate your legs for 15-20 minutes.
✅ Gentle stretching, particularly calves and lower back.
✅ Stay hydrated to help reduce inflammation.
✅ Alternate heat and cold if areas are particularly sore.

The party season shouldn’t leave you limping into the new year.

📞 Dealing with party season aches? We can help. Call 07809 304027 or book online at: https://lordswood-osteopathic-clinic.cliniko.com/bookings

09/12/2025

🥶 When the Cold Gets Into Your Bones

There’s a reason people with joint problems dread winter. The cold doesn’t just make you shiver, it can genuinely affect how your joints feel and function.

Lower temperatures cause muscles and ligaments to contract, making them less flexible. Cold can also thicken the fluid in your joints, making movement feel stiffer and more effortful.

If you have arthritis, old injuries or generally creaky joints, you’ve probably already noticed the difference.

Ways to protect your joints in cold weather:
❄️ Layer up before going outside, especially around vulnerable joints.
❄️ Warm up with gentle movement before heading out.
❄️ Keep moving when you’re outside - don’t stand still for long periods.
❄️ Have a warm bath or shower when you get home to ease stiffness.
❄️ Stay active indoors on particularly cold days.

The temptation to hibernate is strong but reducing activity too much can actually make joint stiffness worse. Your joints need regular movement to stay healthy, regardless of the temperature outside.

Finding the balance between staying active and not overdoing it in cold conditions is key to managing winter joint discomfort.

📞 Struggling with winter joint pain? Call 07809 304027 or book online at: https://lordswood-osteopathic-clinic.cliniko.com/bookings

05/12/2025

🎅 We know the holidays can be physically demanding – from putting up decorations to long drives visiting family. If your body needs some support over this period, we’re here to help.

So in the interest of planning ahead for the Christmas period, here’s when you can reach us:

🎄 Christmas Eve (24th Dec): 1pm - 5pm
🎄 Christmas Day (25th Dec): CLOSED
🎄 Boxing Day (26th Dec): CLOSED
🎄 Friday 27th December: 9am - 1pm
🎄 Monday 30th December: Open as usual
🎄 New Year’s Eve (31st Dec): 3pm - 5pm
🎄 New Year’s Day (1st Jan): CLOSED

If you’re dealing with festive-period aches and pains, or want to book ahead for January, give us a call or book online.

📞 Call 07809 304027 or book online at: https://lordswood-osteopathic-clinic.cliniko.com/bookings

04/12/2025

🚗 Long Drives to See Family: Your Survival Guide

The festive period often means long drives to visit family and friends. Hours cramped in the car, stopping only for petrol and questionable service station coffee.

Then you arrive at your destination already stiff, achy and not quite in the festive mood you’d hoped for.

Long-distance driving puts sustained pressure on your lower back, restricts movement for extended periods and can leave you feeling like you’ve aged a decade by the time you arrive.

Tips for more comfortable journeys:

🚙 Adjust your seat so your knees are slightly lower than your hips.
🚙 Use lumbar support – a small cushion or rolled towel works.
🚙 Stop every 90 minutes to walk around and stretch.
🚙 Keep your wing mirrors properly adjusted to avoid neck twisting.
🚙 Stay hydrated throughout the journey.

You can also try some of these simple stretches for service station stops:

✅ Gentle back extensions (hands on lower back, lean back slightly).
✅ Hip flexor stretches (lunge position, holding for 20 seconds).
✅ Shoulder rolls and neck rotations.
✅ Walk briskly for a few minutes before getting back in.

And if you’re already dealing with driving related discomfort, we can can help with that.

📞 Call 07809 304027 or book online at: https://lordswood-osteopathic-clinic.cliniko.com/bookings

02/12/2025

🎄 Christmas Prep: A Minefield for Your Back

The run-up to Christmas involves a surprising amount of physical strain, often concentrated into a few intense weeks.

Dragging boxes of decorations down from the loft. Balancing on step ladders to hang lights. Carrying bags of shopping that get heavier with every step. Spending hours in the kitchen preparing food.

You’d be surprised, but we’ve seen it all – injuries that range from:
🎅 Back strain from lifting decoration boxes awkwardly.
🎅 Shoulder pain from reaching overhead to hang decorations.
🎅 Neck tension from looking up while decorating.
🎅 Wrist and arm strain from carrying heavy shopping.

Here’s how to protect yourself:
✅ Take decorations down from storage in smaller loads.
✅ Use a sturdy step ladder and move it frequently rather than over-reaching.
✅ Spread shopping trips across multiple days if possible.
✅ Take regular breaks when cooking or baking.
✅ Ask for help with heavy or awkward items.

The festive period is exhausting enough without adding injury to the mix. A bit of prevention now can save you from spending Christmas in discomfort.

And if you do overdo it? That’s what we’re here for.

📞 Need help recovering from festive preparations? Call 07809 304027 or book online at: https://lordswood-osteopathic-clinic.cliniko.com/bookings

28/11/2025

🤱 The Postnatal Check That Actually Checks Everything

Your six-week postnatal check with the GP is important but it’s often quite brief – a quick look to make sure everything is healing medically.

But what about how your body is actually functioning? How your pelvic floor is coping? Whether your core muscles are working properly? How your posture has adapted to carrying, feeding and caring for a baby?

These questions often go unanswered, leaving many women wondering if what they’re experiencing is “normal” or something that needs attention.

At Lordswood Osteopathic Clinic, our Women’s Health Clinic/Mummy MOT provides a detailed assessment that goes beyond the basics:

✅ Thorough pelvic floor examination.
✅ Abdominal and core muscle function assessment.
✅ Posture and movement evaluation.
✅ Discussion of any concerns you have.

This service isn’t just for new mums, it’s for any woman who wants to understand how her pelvic health is functioning, months or even years after childbirth, or for issues unrelated to pregnancy.

Common concerns we address include:
💙 Leaking when you cough, sneeze, or exercise.
💙 Pelvic discomfort or heaviness.
💙 Abdominal separation (diastasis recti), tummy gap.
💙 Pain during in*******se.
💙 Lower back or pelvic pain.

You deserve answers, not just reassurance that “it’s normal”.

📞 Book in at our Women’s Health Clinic today by calling 07809 304027 or online at: https://lordswood-osteopathic-clinic.cliniko.com/bookings

27/11/2025

❄️ When Your Shoulder Has Other Plans

Have you ever reached up to get something from a high shelf and felt a sharp catch? Struggled to fasten your bra or put on a coat? Woken up at night because you’ve rolled onto your painful shoulder?

Shoulder problems have a way of affecting everything, from getting dressed to driving, sleeping to carrying shopping bags.

Whether it’s a frozen shoulder that’s gradually limiting your movement, rotator cuff pain from an old injury, or general shoulder stiffness that’s been creeping in, these issues rarely resolve on their own.

Common signs something needs attention:
🔸 Pain that radiates down your arm.
🔸 Difficulty reaching behind your back.
🔸 Weakness when lifting or carrying.
🔸 Night pain that disturbs your sleep.
🔸 Progressive loss of range of movement.

At Lordswood Osteopathic Clinic, we don’t just treat your shoulder in isolation. We look at how your neck, upper back and even your posture might be contributing to the problem.

Through gentle, hands-on treatment and specific exercises, we work to:
✅ Restore movement gradually and safely.
✅ Reduce pain and inflammation.
✅ Address underlying causes.
✅ Prevent the problem from returning.

Your shoulder is involved in almost everything you do – it deserves proper attention.

📞 Struggling with shoulder pain? Call 07809 304027 or book online at: https://lordswood-osteopathic-clinic.cliniko.com/bookings

25/11/2025

🪡 When That Stubborn Pain Just Won’t Shift

You’ve tried stretching. You’ve rested it. You’ve even had other treatments. But that persistent knot in your shoulder, that chronic tension in your back, that trigger point that keeps flaring up – it’s still there.

Some pain is stubborn. It’s lodged itself deep into your muscles and refuses to budge, no matter what you throw at it.

This is exactly what Modern Acupuncture Needling was designed to address.

At Lordswood Osteopathic Clinic, this specialised technique targets the specific anatomical areas causing your discomfort. Fine needles are inserted into painful trigger points, creating neurological and chemical responses that help release stubborn muscle tension.

Unlike traditional Chinese acupuncture, Modern Acupuncture Needling focuses specifically on musculoskeletal pain, the aches and pains in your muscles, tendons and joints.

It’s particularly effective for:
💉 Persistent muscle knots that won’t release.
💉 Chronic tension patterns.
💉 Trigger points causing referred pain.
💉 Long-standing issues that haven’t responded to other treatments.

Many patients notice improvement after their first session, though a treatment plan usually gives the best results.

When nothing else seems to touch it, it might be time to try a different approach.

📞 Ready to address stubborn pain? Call 07809 304027 or book online at: https://lordswood-osteopathic-clinic.cliniko.com/bookings

21/11/2025

🤕 When Christmas Prep Comes With a Side of Headaches

The festive season is supposed to be enjoyable but the run-up to Christmas can be relentless.

Shopping lists that never end, social obligations piling up, work deadlines before the holidays. There’s often family dynamics to navigate and financial pressure.

Is it any wonder that tension headaches spike during this time of year?

If you’re experiencing that familiar tightness creeping up the back of your neck, pressure building behind your eyes or jaw clenching you don't even notice until your face aches then we can help.

At Lordswood Osteopathic Clinic, we regularly treat headaches by addressing what's really causing them – and it's often not in your head at all.

Common sources include:
✅ Tension in your neck and upper back.
✅ Jaw clenching from stress (TMJ issues).
✅ Poor posture from hunching over computers or phones.
✅ Restricted movement in your upper spine.

Through gentle, hands-on treatment, we work to release the physical tension that’s triggering your headaches.

You’ve got enough to manage this festive season without adding persistent headaches to the list.

📞 Ready to tackle those headaches properly? Call 07809 304027 or book online at: https://lordswood-osteopathic-clinic.cliniko.com/bookings

20/11/2025

✂️ Scars: The Unfinished Business Your Body Might Still Be Holding

Scars can do more than just mark where something happened – they can create ongoing issues that affect how you move and feel. That C-section scar from years ago, a surgical scar that’s healed on the surface but still feels tight, even old scars from accidents or injuries that you barely think about anymore.

You might notice:
🩹 Tightness or pulling sensations around the scar.
🩹 Restricted movement in that area.
🩹 Discomfort in seemingly unrelated parts of your body.
🩹 Numbness or heightened sensitivity around the scar tissue.

Many people don’t realise scar tissue can be treated, even years after it’s formed. At Lordswood Osteopathic Clinic, we offer specialised scar therapy using the RESTORE method, a technique developed by leading UK scar specialist Emma Holly and used in both the NHS and private healthcare.

It’s a gentle and hands-on approach that works to soften and mobilise scar tissue, reduce tightness in surrounding areas, improve circulation for continued healing and restore more natural movement patterns.

Whether your scar is recent or decades old, treatment can help improve both how it feels and how it functions.

📞 Interested in scar therapy? Call 07809 304027 or book online at: https://lordswood-osteopathic-clinic.cliniko.com/bookings

18/11/2025

Autumn’s a beautiful time to be in the garden – but it’s also when we see the most sore backs, stiff shoulders and aching knees walk through our clinic doors.

Cooler weather, heavier soil and long hours spent bending or lifting can all take their toll.

But it doesn’t have to be that way.

With a few simple habits – and a little osteopathic care if you need it – you can keep gardening comfortably right through the season.

In our blog, we’re talking about:
🌿 Why gardening feels tougher in autumn
💪 Practical tips to protect your body
🧘♀️ Gentle stretches to ease stiffness
🩺 How osteopathy can help you recover and prevent pain from returning

Read the full blog here 👉https://lordswoodosteo.co.uk/avoid-the-autumn-aches-how-to-protect-your-back-while-gardening-this-season/

If you’ve been feeling the effects of your latest gardening session, we’re here to help you move comfortably again. 🌼

Why does gardening seem to cause more aches and pains in autumn than any other time of year?  It’s a good question and one we get asked a lot