Better Health Osteopathy

Better Health Osteopathy 🩺 Osteopath & MSK Sonographer
🌍 Derry & Donegal, Ireland
🎖️ Pain & Injury Rehab, Sports Medicine
🔧 Ultrasound diagnosis
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22/04/2026

Headstand work in progress.

Thank you for the workshop last year.

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21/04/2026

Why do plank, squat and pull up?

From holding a cuppa tea to walking, running, gardening and eating etc…, we use thousands of these different muscle contractions daily, without evening thinking about them.

It only becomes a problem when we can no longer do it 🤔

20/04/2026

Mobility Monday - Shoulders & Elbows

Can’t use the audio so live recording, no edits.
The giggle 😆 = pain 😮‍💨

13/04/2026

Mobility Monday - Shoulder Capsule

Frozen Shoulder / Adhesive Capsulitis, typically develops over 1–3 years in three stages—freezing, frozen, and thawing—and is common after prolonged shoulder immobility.

Causes & Risks: It often follows injury, surgery, or prolonged immobilization. Conditions like diabetes, thyroid issues, or heart disease increase risk.
Common age of onset 40-50 years of age.

Stages:
Freezing (2–9 months): Progressive pain and increasing stiffness.
Frozen (4–12 months): Maximum stiffness, though pain may slightly decrease.
Thawing (5 months–3 years): Gradual improvement in range of motion.

Treatment: It often resolves on its own, treatment aims to manage pain and restore motion, including manual therapy, pain relief medication (NSAIDs), and in some cases, steroid injections.

11/04/2026

Babies need to exercise too 🤗

Here are three of my most commonly used exercises to soothe babies and ease spinal tension.

Little and often is key.

This video is not sped up, so this is the recommended pace.

Duration: 30-60secs per exercise and repeat as necessary.

Age range: 0-4 months (but up to 6 months if not crawling and depending on growth rate)

Try and comment below if helps! 👇

All credit is to the Good Man Above and these wonderful parents that had such faith in Cranial Osteopathy.Their son had ...
02/04/2026

All credit is to the Good Man Above and these wonderful parents that had such faith in Cranial Osteopathy.

Their son had two cranial sessions in Ukraine last year and I received an email asking me to please assess him and at least try.

Not only have we overcome a language barrier (I’ve learnt a little Ukrainian too!), I was blown away by the faith, dedication and commitment of this family.

They wanted to move quickly with health and wellness approaches, whilst waiting for referrals to specialists in the system.

We focused on the small things that I felt I could help with a cranial approach: excess salivation, reducing mouth breathing, vagus nerve support and gross motor skills.

They attended every two weeks for the last three months and brought back positive changes each time, with small but significant improvements in sleep, motor skills, confidence, engagement in his environment, eating a greater variety of foods, self-feeding and just being happier in himself.

As a health professional, it’s also important to know your limitations and I have now referred on to a speech and language therapist and he is attending kindergarten.

I take no credit for this progress but treated wholeheartedly with intention, applied my experience with training fundamentals and the strong belief of the parents.

Faith and belief is a powerful thing 🙏💜

01/04/2026

A wee insight into what an osteopathy session for a baby can look like. 👶🏼🍼

Mixture of body work and cranial osteopathy.

This baby was 8weeks old and it was their 2nd visit.

Responded well to 1st session at 6 weeks old.

Exercises given to Mother and will only return if needed.

All treatments are individual and vary from person to person and session to session.

Thank you to Mother for permission to post.

23/03/2026

Mobility Monday - at work.

I really needed this for myself today 🤣

17/03/2026

👶 Derry Well Women – Infant Feeding Workshop

Are you expecting a baby and looking for information on how to give your baby the best possible start in life? Join us for our upcoming Infant Feeding Workshop, designed to support and guide expectant parents.

📅 Tuesday 31st March 2026
🕡 6:30pm – 8:30pm
📍 St Columb’s Hall, Orchard Street, Derry

This informative and supportive workshop will cover topics including:

• Why breastfeeding benefits your baby, you, and the environment
• Developing a relationship with your unborn baby
• Understanding how milk production works
• Colostrum harvesting
• How to hold and attach your baby at the breast for the best start
• What to expect in the first few weeks
• How to know if your baby is getting enough milk
• How partners and family members can support breastfeeding
• Information on local support services available to you

To book a place or find out about future workshop dates:
📞 Call 028 7136 0777 or
📧 Email patricia@derrywellwoman.org

16/03/2026

Mobility Monday - Kettlebell Shoulders

15/03/2026

Happy Mothering Sunday 💐

Wishing everyone a heart filled day 💜

09/03/2026

Mobility Monday - Knees Over Toes

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28-29 Northland Road Industrial Estate
Derry
BT480LD

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Monday 12pm - 8pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 7pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 2pm

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