City Osteopathic Practice

07/06/2025

We are now a proud and happy supporter and Friend of one of Plymouth's most impactful organisation! Shekinah is a prime example of how much humans can do for each other! Keep up the good work.

We’re so excited to share that City Osteopathic Practice has become a Business Friend of Shekinah!

A huge thank you to Ilias Sachpazidis Osteopath for your support- it was a pleasure meeting you in person yesterday, showing you around our drop-in centre, and discussing the range of services we offer to rough sleepers and the wider community.

We’re incredibly grateful for your kind offer to provide osteopathic services to those attending the centre- your generosity will make a real difference.

If you’d like to learn more about becoming a Business Friend of Shekinah, please get in touch at reception@shekinah.co.uk- we’d love to hear from you!

10/04/2025

A perfect example of osteopathy used to improve pathology and not just to alleviate pain!

The Osteopathic Physician, Vol. 35, No. 5, May, 1919.

Here’s an idea for my next book!!😎

09/04/2025

During pregnancy, a woman's brain shrinks in size.

This is why some pregnant women may experience small, sometimes subtle deficits in tasks, like recalling items from a list they have studied, or remembering to do certain things in the future.

After delivering the baby, it would take up to six months for the mother's brain to regain its original size. The cells in the brain reduce in size without reducing in number. In other words, neuron density remains the same, which is why the brain capacity returns to normal after childbirth.

A study published in Nature Neuroscience revealed that pregnant women experience a decrease in gray matter in specific brain regions responsible for social cognition and forming attachments. However, this loss of gray matter actually enhances a mother's feelings of attachment to her baby and improves her ability to understand their needs and emotions.

Using MRI scans, researchers examined the brains of pregnant women before and after giving birth. They discovered that the reduction in gray matter in specific brain regions actually improves the brain's efficiency in understanding nonverbal cues from newborns.

This change enables mothers to quickly identify potential dangers and enhances their emotional connection with their babies. The first study was published in the American Journal of Neuroradiology, and it’s entitled, “Change in brain size during and after pregnancy: study in healthy women and women with preeclampsia”. The second study was published in Nature Neuroscience and it’s entitled, “Pregnancy leads to long-lasting changes in human brain structure”

09/04/2025

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During pregnancy, a woman's brain shrinks in size.

This is why some pregnant women may experience small, sometimes subtle deficits in tasks, like recalling items from a list they have studied, or remembering to do certain things in the future.

After delivering the baby, it would take up to six months for the mother's brain to regain its original size. The cells in the brain reduce in size without reducing in number. In other words, neuron density remains the same, which is why the brain capacity returns to normal after childbirth.

A study published in Nature Neuroscience revealed that pregnant women experience a decrease in gray matter in specific brain regions responsible for social cognition and forming attachments. However, this loss of gray matter actually enhances a mother's feelings of attachment to her baby and improves her ability to understand their needs and emotions.

Using MRI scans, researchers examined the brains of pregnant women before and after giving birth. They discovered that the reduction in gray matter in specific brain regions actually improves the brain's efficiency in understanding nonverbal cues from newborns.

This change enables mothers to quickly identify potential dangers and enhances their emotional connection with their babies. The first study was published in the American Journal of Neuroradiology, and it’s entitled, “Change in brain size during and after pregnancy: study in healthy women and women with preeclampsia”. The second study was published in Nature Neuroscience and it’s entitled, “Pregnancy leads to long-lasting changes in human brain structure”

03/04/2025

I never imagined that meals can be so enganging. 😮

01/11/2024

If only the symptoms of these were as palatable....!

25/10/2024

24/10/2024

We're starting the week with some thoughts from Andrew Taylor Still taken from his 1897 Autobiography...

💬 "An Osteopath is only a human engineer, who should understand all the laws governing his engine and thereby master disease.." (Still, 1897, p. 312)

😀 Have a fabulous week.