Cabinet D’Osteopathie

07/01/2025

Our wonderful patient Mabrouk enjoying some osteopathic treatment.
Canine Osteopathy can be beneficial in dogs suffering from arthritis, joint dysplasia, post-surgical stiffness, and gait abnormalities.

29/07/2024

Feeling tense and stressed ? Call us to book a massage session with our massage therapists ✨🌸

28/01/2024

Are you suffering of recurrent HEADACHES ? The cause may be related to your neck !

06/10/2023

Breast cancer is one of the most leading causes of cancer amongst women. It can often manifest as muscle pain in the chest, shoulders and upper back.
It is important to check your breasts regularly for the symptoms mentioned below:

04/10/2023

Because we care about runners ! Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome is a common injury in runners and young athletes.

Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome (MTSS - AKA ‘Shin Splints’) usually presents with diffuse shin pain that’s aggravated by exercise and tends to ease with rest. Unlike tendinopathy it doesn’t typically ‘warm up’ and feel better with continued running. In irritable cases it can become painful to walk, especially longer distances.
Tibial stress fractures tend to present with more focal pain (e.g. a region less than 5cm). An anterior tibial stress fracture is consider *high risk* so if a patient presents with focal anterior shin pain, with tenderness on palpation of the anterior tibia then urgent investigation should be considered. This is especially important in individuals with risk factors for bone stress injury such as previous stress fracture, low BMI and impaired sleep and recovery.
See my recent timeline for posts on why exercise should be pain free with MTSS and ways to reduce tibial load during running.

13/06/2023

Kinesio tape at Cabinet D’Osteopathie

Kinesio tape is a great tool often used at our clinic after Osteopathic treatment to aid circulation, reduce inflammation and provide support to muscles and joints.

22/03/2023

Your and are what we care for.

17/01/2023

12/01/2023

Cervical Radiculopathy Pain Patterns ⚡️

05/01/2023

Hand Pain 🖐️⚡️

03/11/2022

Are you suffering of digestive issues ? Releasing mid back (thoracic spine) tensions can help !

THORACIC SPINE - NERVOUS SYSTEM AND VISCERAL INFLUENCE OF A THORACIC FACET JOINT RESTRICTION
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Facet joints are small joints at each segment of the spine that provide stability and help guide motion. The facet joints can become painful due to arthritis, a back injury or mechanical stress to the back. The facet joints are paired joints in the back and neck, one pair at each vertebral level (one joint on each side of the vertebrae). These joints have opposing surfaces of cartilage and a surrounding capsule that is filled with synovial fluid, which reduces the friction between bones that rub together.
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A thoracic facet restriction can have a huge influence to the sympathetic nervous system which is located in the thoracic spine. It is one of the two main divisions of the autonomic nervous system, the other being the parasympathetic nervous system. The autonomic nervous system functions to regulate the body's unconscious actions.
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The sympathetic nervous system's primary process is to stimulate the body's fight-or-flight response. It is, however, constantly active at a basic level to maintain homeostasis. It is controlling organs like the heart, lungs, stomach, liver, kidneys and intestines. If there is a subluxation your sympathetic nervous system isn't able to function optimally! Considering your nervous system is the master system of the human body and controls every cell, tissue and organ it is essential to correct that kind of restriction very quickly!

Most conservative treatments for facet restrictions involves postural correction incl. exercising, soft tissue treatment and osteopathic manipulation of the affected areas. Physical therapists, osteopathic clinicians and chiropractors are adept at restoring restricted and painful facet joints to move and can reestablish normal motion.

In my next posts I will talk about specific myofascial and chiropractic treatment of thoracic facet joint problems - stay tuned!