Jonathan Edis Osteopath

09/03/2026

Funnily enough, several surgeons have said much the same thing to me when I've had procedures. Not surprising really as Still (the discoverer of osteopathy) was a surgeon by training & inclination

07/03/2026

Very interesting book/podcast from BBC discussing different types of pain. Particularly interesting is the philosophy of the surgeon in the last episode 👍

Listen to the latest episodes of This Is the Door: Notes from a Body in Pain by Darcey Steinke on BBC Sounds.

07/03/2026

3 tests to diagnose lateral elbow tendinopathy (tennis elbow):

1. Resisted wrist extension
2. Resisted 3rd digit (middle finger) extension
3. Palpation of the lateral epicondyle/common extensor origin

+ve 2/3 reproducing familiar symptoms 👍

11/02/2026

Good tip for differentiating between tibial stress (periostitis) & tibial stress fracture - something I have often struggled with.

Area of soreness >10cm is probably tibial stress.
Area of soreness

11/02/2026

Nice hands on technique for a knee osteoarthritis flare up

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09/02/2026

Objective tests for inguinal related groin pain

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09/02/2026

Palpation points to identify inguinal related groin pain

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09/02/2026

6 objective tests to accurately assess adductor related groin pain

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09/02/2026

Clues in neck driven shoulder pain

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09/02/2026

Common misconceptions in neck driven shoulder pain

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27/12/2025

A long read for Twixtmas, looking at how anatomy can help us to interpret evolution & the diverse human family tree

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140,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers made camp in Skhul Cave, hunting deer and aurochs, foraging olives and mustard, and burying their dead with boar jaws and elk antlers. They were human, but not quite like us.

These archaic Homo sapiens combined modern and primitive traits – domed skulls, high foreheads, massive brow ridges, strong jaws. They made tools, strung shells into necklaces, and perhaps believed in spirits. Yet, despite their intelligence and spread across Africa, the Middle East and Europe, they vanished. Why did modern humans become the last Homo sapiens standing?

This excellent essay is an editor’s favourite and the perfect companion to a quiet Boxing Day. https://aeon.co/essays/why-one-branch-on-the-human-family-tree-replaced-all-the-others

25/12/2025

Merry Xmas everyone