Common Conditions

Each page explains the science behind the pain with useful links. We feel that understanding your own body goes a long way to avoiding or minimising common pains, and can help you to help yourself.

Headaches

Headaches

Why tension headaches so often start in the neck, and what we can do about them.

Sciatica

Sciatica

Understanding leg and lower back pain, and how osteopathy can help.

Low back pain

Low back pain

The science behind low back pain, and how to look after your spine.

Shoulder pain

Shoulder pain

How the shoulder works, and why it can cause so many problems.

Sports injury

Sports injury

Getting you back to your sport, and helping you stay there.

Disc injury

Disc injury

Why discs don’t “slip”, and what is really going on.

Staying well

There is also our Staying Well page, a simple self-help guide for keeping a healthy back, with exercises to help yourself too.