Chiara Cervellini Osteopathy

06/11/2021

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03/11/2021

How can Osteopath help?

People commonly visit osteopaths for MSK conditions, such as back, neck, joint, muscle and arthritic discomfort. Osteopaths have a well-deserved, evidence-based reputation for expertise in the treatment of these conditions.

People also visit osteopaths for a variety of other health reasons including neuromuscular conditions such as sciatica, digestive issues, headaches and migraine prevention. To find out more about how osteopaths can help, please click here.

Most osteopaths work in local private healthcare clinics and you can visit them without the need for a GP referral.

01/11/2021

What do osteopaths do?
Osteopaths will use a wide variety of gentle hands-on techniques that focus on releasing tension, improving mobility and optimising function, together with providing useful health advice and exercise if required.

They will also work with, or refer you to, other healthcare professionals as needed to ensure you receive optimum care. They take the time to understand each patient – your unique combination of symptoms, medical history and lifestyle. This helps to make an accurate diagnosis of the cause of your issue, (not just addressing the site of discomfort), and formulate a treatment plan with you that will achieve the best outcome.

30/10/2021

What to expect from your osteopathic appointment during COVID-19

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28/10/2021

About Osteopathy

Osteopaths believe everyone can benefit from a tailored, whole-person approach to health. We are Allied Healthcare Professionals who take time to understand your individual history, circumstances and unique physiology, to provide you with a personalised health improvement plan.

Osteopaths provide safe, effective treatment and care that aims to promote the health of patients. Using manual therapy, health advice and sometimes exercise, tailored to the needs of the individual, people of all ages see osteopaths, from babies to the elderly.

As highly trained healthcare professionals, we are experts in the musculoskeletal (MSK) system – that is the muscles, joints and associated tissues and their relationship with other systems of the body.

People who visit an osteopath consistently report high satisfaction with the care they receive1, expressing high confidence in the treatment and advice of their osteopath2, with rates in excess of 90% for both satisfaction and trust.

They also work closely with other healthcare professionals such as consultants, GPs, nurses, midwives, physiotherapists.

11/10/2021

What is cranial sacral osteopathic approach?

Cranial osteopathy is a refined and subtle type of osteopathic treatment that encourages the release of strain and tensions throughout the body.

It is a gentle approach and may be used in a wide range of conditions for people of all ages, from birth to old age.

Cranio sacral osteopathic approach is a way of viewing the body rather than a type of technique and it can be used on every patient. The whole body is involved and improvements are often noted in different areas and different systems than just the symptomatic one.

08/10/2021

Are you suffering from Headaches?

Dr John Patten, leading consultant neurologist in the UK suggests that headaches are the most common symptom come across in medicine.

The NHS report that the highest prevalence of tension-type and neck related headaches.

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) state that over-medicating is a risk factor for chronic headaches.

There are many types and causes of headaches:

Vascular: migraine and cluster headaches

Tension: muscular contraction

Cervicogenic: referred from neck structures

Cranial neuralgia: facial pain: trigeminal neuralgia, temporal mandibular joint/muscular pain (TMJ)

Eye strain and sinus problems can also cause headaches along with dehydration

Pressure: inflammatory: tumour, infection

Psychotic pain: delusional explanation of pain ie “feels like worms crawling”.

There are two major musculoskeletal structures that may contribute to your headache:

- Temporomandibular joint TMJ

- Sub-occipital muscles.

Research demonstrated that a multidisciplinary approach including osteopathy, exercises, correct diet and hydration led to long-term control of musculoskeletal mediated headaches.

If you suffer with headaches and want to know if an osteopath can help please contact me.

04/10/2021

BENEFIT OF OSTEOPATHY IN POST-COVID PATIENTS

Osteopathic Treatments may help to recover in post covid patients or long covid symptoms.

Osteopathic Techniques are effective in treating the thoracic and respiratory musculature dysfunction and muscular atrophy caused by intubation.

Osteopathic Treatments may improve neurotransmitters' chemical signalling, which may have an analgesic effect on musculoskeletal pain caused by Long Covid.

Osteopathic Visceral Manipulation of the liver helps relieve the hepatic dysfunction caused by the covid-19 virus and the pharmaceutical treatment related to the infection.

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01/10/2021

Why is important to monitor blood pressure during pregnancy?

It's important to make sure your high blood pressure is not affecting the growth of your baby. This can put the mother and her baby at risk for problems during the pregnancy. High blood pressure can also cause problems during and after delivery.

28/09/2021

Osteopathic treatment for babies with colic, reflux and other digestive issue may help to relieve

- Increased pressure onto the baby base of the skull., also known as the occiput.

- Stress on the baby gut and diaphragmgut.

- Tensions on the bony and membranous structures of the skull, which may be keeping the baby's nervous system in a constant state of high alert.

27/09/2021

Infantile Colic has been described as irritable, compulsive crying or paroxysmal fussing, which often represents frustration amongst parents.

It is a prevalent presentation to paediatric primary healthcare, ranging between 3-40%.

It has critical adverse associations, including maternal depression, shaken-baby syndrome, and early cessation of breastfeeding.

Often, I get asked whether is worthing to take 'colicky baby' to an Osteopath.

My osteopathic rationale of treatment hypotheses that mechanical factors play a role in the causes of colic.

One of the nerves that can be worked on to relieve colic and reflux symptoms is the vagus nerve, which helps manage the functions of the digestive tract, and open up the communication again, relaxing the digestive tract.

24/09/2021

Different breastfeeding techniques, which one is yours?