Osteopathy

Decorating and reworking things at home have prevented me from having the opportunity to make a new post for a few weeks and, with even more work to do, things will continue like this for a while.

This does however lead to a brief comment on, not an interesting product, but rather an interesting service or treatment – namely osteopathy.

I went to see an osteopath last week after having a few back problems. The problems actually started over 10 years ago following an accident and I put up with them getting progressively worse for several years.

When things became really bad I asked my doctor to refer me and I had tests, X-rays etc, all of which indicate that there was no major skeletal problem. Evaluations and courses of physiotherapy followed, all of which offered no relief.

I then tried a chiropractor (I had seen him several years earlier over a different back problem) and the treatments continued for almost a year. In the end I brought things to a close, largely because I got some temporary relief from the discomfort for a few days following each treatment, but the underlying problem still returned.

In January last year I finally saw an osteopath, a friend and colleague of my sister who had told her on several occasions that – “if my problem could be solved, he was the man to do it”.

I had three appointments with him and, by a couple of weeks after the final one, my back was not quite as good as new, but pretty close.

About 18 months of trouble free living have followed that, however I was aware that my back was tightening up a little over recent weeks, so I saw my osteopath again last week and I hope that (after possibly another appointment) my back issues will be pushed aside again.

Anyway, here is a link to some information about osteopathy via the osteopath I refer to (Nathan Reynolds)– or at least his page at the clinic from which he practices http://www.orchardleeds.co.uk/?page_id=123.