Conditions & Treatment
My intention for writing these case studies is to summarise the available information about some conditions seen in my osteopathy practice. Also to provide an overview of common symptoms, causes, diagnoses and treatment.
Here is a list of commonly presented painful areas and associated conditions:
• Head
• Neck
• Shoulder
• Arm
• Elbow
• Forearm
• Wrist
• Hand
• Fingers and Thumb
• Thorax
• Chest
• Abdomen
• Groin
• Back
• Hip
• Knee
• Ankle
• Foot
• Toes
A
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Ankle and foot pain (including plantar fasciitis)
B
Baker's cyst
C
Cervical (neck) pain
Coeliac disease
D
Diverticulitis
Dupuytren's contracture
E
Ecchymosis
Endometriosis
F
G
Glenohumeral "GH" joint pain (shoulder)
Gout - foot pain
H
Hallux Valgus
Headache
Hypomobility
I
J
K
L
Levator Ani syndrom
Lower back pain (LBP)
Lupus
Lyme disease
M
Multiple Sclerosis
N
O
Osteoarthritis
Osteomalacia
Osteomyelitis
Osteopenia
Osteoporosis
P
Pectoral enthesopathy insertional tendinopathy
Q
R
Rotator Cuff muscles pain
S
Sacroiliac joint "SIJ" dysfunction
Sacrotuberous / Sacrospinous ligaments sprain
Shoulder pain (glenohumeral GH joint)
Spondylolisthesis
Spondylolysis
Synovitis of 2nd MTP
T
Tinnitus
Tourette syndrome
Thoracic outlet syndrome
Thumb pain
U
UCL tear Gamekeeper's thumb
V
W
X
Y
Z