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:

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

D

  • Diverticulitis

  • Dupuytren's contracture

E

  • Ecchymosis

  • Endometriosis

F

G

  • Glenohumeral "GH" joint pain (shoulder)

  • Gout - foot pain

H

I

J

K

L

  • Levator Ani syndrom

  • Lower back pain (LBP)

  • Lupus

  • Lyme disease

M

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

U

V

W

X

Y

Z