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

• Cellulitis

• Cervical (neck) pain

• Chronic fatigue syndrome CFS / ME

• Coeliac disease

• Colitis

D

• Diverticulitis

• Dupuytren's contracture

E

• Ecchymosis

• Endometriosis

F

• Femoroacetabular Impingement "FAI" - 'Cam' and 'Pincer' deformities (hip pain)

• Fibroids

• Foot drop

G

• Glenohumeral "GH" joint pain (shoulder)

• Gout - foot pain

H

• Hallux Valgus

• Hemiplegia

• Headache

• Hypomobility

I

J

K

L

• Levator Ani syndrom

• Lower back pain (LBP)

• Lupus

• Lyme disease

M

• Multiple Sclerosis

• Myalgic Encephalomyelitis "ME / CFS

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

• Temporomandibular joint dysfunction TMJ

• Torticollis

• Tourette syndrome

• Thoracic outlet syndrome

• Thumb pain

U

• UCL tear Gamekeeper's thumb

• Ulcerative Colitis

V

W

X

Y

Z