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Friendly, experienced osteopaths and medical acupuncturists specialising in gentle pain relief.

28/08/2026

We’ve reached the last Friday in August already! Not going to lie, it’s pretty scary how quickly this year has gone by.

If you’re not looking forward to the darker nights coming, have a giggle at this week’s

26/08/2026

🦵 “I’ve torn my meniscus… can an osteopath fix it?”

Not exactly — and it’s important we’re clear about that.

The menisci are two C-shaped pieces of fibrocartilage inside each knee. In the picture, they are the blue bits, and the pink bits are the ligaments that support the knee. This picture is looking down on the bottom of the knee from above. The menisci’s job is to help distribute load, absorb forces and contribute to stability as we walk, run, squat and generally get on with life.

Meniscal tears are surprisingly common. They can happen following a twisting injury, but they can also develop gradually as the tissue changes with age.

So where does osteopathy come in?

👉 We cannot manually heal or “put back” a torn meniscus.

What we can do is help you manage the knee and the symptoms associated with it.

Depending on the individual, this might involve:

✅ Helping settle pain and surrounding muscular tension
✅ Improving comfortable movement through the knee, hip and ankle
✅ Identifying movements or activities that are currently aggravating symptoms
✅ Gradually rebuilding strength around the knee
✅ Improving your tolerance to walking, stairs, squatting and exercise
✅ Helping you regain confidence in using the knee normally

And importantly, a meniscal tear on a scan doesn’t automatically mean surgery is required. Many people — particularly those with degenerative meniscal changes — can improve considerably with appropriate exercise-based rehabilitation and time.

Treatment isn’t about pretending we can magically repair damaged cartilage with our hands.

It’s about asking a much more useful question:

“How can we help this knee become stronger, more comfortable and more capable despite the tear?”

Sometimes managing a problem well is far more realistic — and useful — than promising to “fix” it. 💙

24/08/2026

🦴 Having a joint replacement — or waiting for one? Osteopathy may be able to support you along the way.

Hip and knee replacements can make an enormous difference to quality of life, but surgery is only one part of the journey.

If you’re waiting for surgery, keeping as mobile and strong as you’re comfortably able to can help maintain function and prepare you for your recovery afterwards. Osteopathic treatment can also help manage some of the muscle and joint discomfort that often develops when you’ve been moving differently because of a painful joint.

And after your operation?

Once you’ve been cleared to progress your rehabilitation, we can work alongside the advice and exercises provided by your surgical and physiotherapy team to help you:

✅ Regain comfortable movement
✅ Reduce stiffness and muscular tension
✅ Rebuild strength and confidence
✅ Improve balance and everyday function
✅ Gradually return to the activities you enjoy

Importantly, treatment after a joint replacement isn’t about manipulating the replaced joint. We adapt everything to you, your surgery and your stage of recovery, working within the precautions you’ve been given.

Whether you’re preparing for surgery, recently recovering, or your replacement was several years ago, you don’t have to assume that stiffness and reduced confidence with movement are simply something you have to live with.

📍 Nene Valley Osteopathy, Raunds
📅 Appointments available each week

Picture Credits: Freya Baskeyfield Osteopathy

21/08/2026

Have you found this week a bit more bearable temperature wise? We certainly have!

We hope you have a great weekend, and to start the ball rolling have a laugh at this week’s

19/08/2026

🔥 A small osteopathic rant (you have been warned!): your joints are NOT “out of place”.

Can we please stop telling people that their pelvis is “out”, their hip is “out”, or that a vertebra has “slipped out of place”?

Because unless a joint is actually dislocated, it hasn’t simply wandered off and isn’t waiting for somebody to push it back where it belongs.

And this isn’t just me being picky about terminology.

Words matter.

If you tell somebody in pain that their back is “out of alignment”, their pelvis is “twisted” or something needs “putting back in”, what might they hear?

👉 My body is damaged.
👉 Something is in the wrong place.
👉 I shouldn’t move until somebody fixes it.
👉 If it keeps happening, my body must be unstable.
👉 I need treatment to put me back together.

For someone already worried about pain, that’s potentially a pretty frightening message.

Pain is far more complicated than whether everything is perfectly “aligned”. Joints move. Bodies are naturally asymmetrical. Muscles become sore. Tissues can become irritated. Our nervous system can become more sensitive. Load, sleep, stress, previous experiences, activity and general health can all influence what we feel.

None of that means your skeleton has fallen apart.

Good treatment shouldn’t make you afraid of your own body or dependent on somebody regularly “putting you back into place”.

My aim as an osteopath is to help you understand what’s happening, reduce your symptoms where possible, restore comfortable movement and build confidence in what your body can do.

Sometimes hands-on treatment can be really useful.

But I’m not putting your bones back in.

Your body is considerably more robust than that. ❤️

Picture Credit: Freya Baskeyfield Osteopathy

17/08/2026

That nagging pain right at the bottom of your back? Your SI joint could be involved.

The sacroiliac (SI) joints sit where your pelvis (iliac bones) meets your spine (sacrum). When the area becomes irritated or sensitive, pain is often felt on one side of the lower back or buttock, and can sometimes spread into the hip, groin or upper thigh.

You might particularly notice it when:
• Getting up from a chair
• Turning over in bed
• Walking or standing for long periods
• Climbing stairs
• Getting in and out of the car
• Standing mainly on one leg

So, how can osteopathy help?

Treatment isn’t simply about trying to “put the SI joint back in place” — despite what you may sometimes hear! Instead, we’ll look at why the area may be getting overloaded or sensitive in the first place.

This can include assessing movement through your lower back, pelvis and hips, looking at surrounding muscles and joints, and considering factors such as your activity, strength and previous injuries.

Treatment may then combine gentle hands-on techniques with advice and appropriate exercises to help reduce pain, restore comfortable movement and gradually build your body’s ability to tolerate load.

If pain around your lower back, pelvis or buttock is stopping you doing the things you enjoy, an assessment can help work out what’s going on — because not every pain in this area actually comes from the SI joint.

📍 Nene Valley Osteopathy, Raunds
📅 Appointments available each week

Picture credit: Freya Baskeyfield Osteopathy

14/08/2026

How is everyone coping with the heatwave this week? If you need a little light relief, have a giggle at this week’s

12/08/2026

We’re looking forward to the solar eclipse later today, but if you don’t have “eclipse glasses”, check out these alternative ways to watch it

07/08/2026

We’re comfortably into August, and enjoying the sunny weather, but when will it rain properly?!

Anyway, enjoy this week’s (slightly dark)

31/07/2026

Welcome to the last Friday of July! It’s going to be a hot weekend so make sure you look after your skin if you’re spending time outside.

We hope you have a giggle at this week’s

Address

46 Brook Street
Raunds
NN96

Opening Hours

Monday	9:30am - 1pm
Tuesday	12pm - 6:30pm
Wednesday	9am - 2:30pm
Thursday	12pm - 6:30pm
Friday	9am - 12:30pm

Telephone

+441933624323

Website

http://www.nenevalleyosteo.co.uk/

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