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Archive for the ‘sports injuries’ Category
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
If you live in the Crieff and Auchterarder areas and wish to have an osteopathic treatment, I am now working once a month at the Natural Health Clinic in Crieff. I will have my Fleximatic and ultra sound equipment at this clinic.
I also use cranial osteopathy for babies, and pregnancy and for those who want general relaxation.
My fees are £35.00 per hour and £20 for half hour appointments.
If you wish to book an appointment to see me in Crieff here is the link.
The clinic offers much more such as aromatherapy, reflexology, wonderful beauty treatments for the face and eyebrows, all for very reasonable prices.
The clinic is well furnished with easy parking.
Helen How
Registered Osteopath
14 Craighall Gardens
Edinburgh EH6 4RJ
0131 551 1044
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Tags: Crieff Clinic
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Friday, February 11th, 2011
Here in Edinburgh I using current modernised clinical approaches to sports injuries and other soft tissue injuries and believe I am the only osteopath in Edinburgh who uses a unique combination of the G5 massage machine with ultrasound. I include traditional osteopathy or cranial osteopathy within my holistic approach which lasts for an hour. For example one chronic case of an achilles tendonopathy which bas prevented an athlete from running and playing hockey for over 5 years has come in this month October 2011 and his tendon is no longer causing him to limp after a full game of hockey and he can go on tour abroad with his National Team.
We are both delighted as he can has tried and tried and tried to find a treatment process for his tendon.
The G5 vibrator is able to provide a pain-free massage, stimulating the collagen fibres to untangle. Then ultrasound – sound waves travelling at over one million cycles per second – enable a good quality repair of damaged tendens such as biceps tendonpathy, tennis elbow, golfers’ elbow. It also can treat all the hard tense muscles of the neck and shoulders caused by prolonged sitting behind computers in the office.
In this picture of damaged collegen fibres within an achilles tendon – you can see how deep the fibres are within the tendon. The vibration of the G5 stimulates the flow of repairing nutrients to the damaged fibres, while the ultrasound provokes the healing cells to produce more collagen bricks and repair the damaged fibres. This is a cutting edge approach and proving to be very beneficial in many stubborn cases which fail to respond to pain killers and rest.
The clients are giving positive feedback which is encouraging
Helen How
Registered Osteopath
14 Craighall Gardens
Edinburgh
EH6 4RJ
£35 all inclusive one hour
£20 for simple follow up sessions (Ultra Sound/Vibrotherapy)
Website of Physio Med to see more about electrotherapy and more products.
Tags: Achilles tendon, back pain
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Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
While Edinburgh osteopaths are best known for looking after stiff or sore necks and backs, we are also trained in giving advice and treatment for shoulder ailments as well as tennis elbows, knees, lower legs and ankles Often shoulder discomfort radiates into the neck or down the arm.
I find the combination of electrotherapy and osteopathy effective and efficient as electrotherapy stimulates the repair and healing qualities of dense collagen fibres, soft tissues, tendons and ligaments.
As a qualified osteopath my treatments now include the use of a French G 5 Flexamatic massage machine. This has a choice of 3 or 4 small attachments which can be applied to shortened, hardened and inflamed knots of fibrous tissue resulting from ongoing and prolonged sitting in front of computers and televisions and from lots of driving.
Traditionally many therapists have treated these tissues by using their elbows or thumbs to press deep into the affected area. Although effective, this approach can cause the patient significant pain. Contrastingly, this vibrotherapy machine, now used on many footballers, not only causes far less pain, but more importantly is much more effective as it can penetrate more deeply into the tissues than elbows can.
I began using the fleximatic deep massage equipment 4 years ago on patients suffering from sore necks, shoulders and backs, for lifestyle reasons mentioned above. I’ve found that this machine is a safer way to make the affected muscles more stretchy, flexible and generally comfortable. I am consistently pleased with the results. And as patients need fewer treatment sessions, there are cost benefits for them.
Helen How
Registered Osteopath
14 Craighall Gardens
Edinburgh
EH6 4RJ
0131 551 1044
Treatment Sessions 1 hour £35
follow up sessions 1 hour £35 or simple conditions £20 for 30 mins
Please note the session depends of the type of muscles requiring treatment, or how inflamed your tendons, muscles or ligaments are. Conditions like tennis elbow respond very well to the fleximatic/osteopathy/ Ultra Sound Combination.
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Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
I have used the therapy of ultrasound for over 20 years, with good results, especially in cases of chronic soft tissue strains and sprains. As research and scientific evidence on this therapy increase, including information on the most effective doses, more and more healthcare professionals are opting to use this approach.
It is important to take a good case history, in order to diagnose and calculate the correct dose of ultrasound for the treatment to be most effective. As this is time consuming, unfortunately this therapy isn’t always available in busy NHS clinics.
HERE IS THE DOWNLOAD LINK FOR ALL HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS TO REVIEW link please. Thanks to Professor Tim Watson.
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Thursday, November 11th, 2010
The most common course of chronic knee pain I see in this clinic is anterior knee pain which occurs under and around the knee cap.
There are many theories about the causes of such pain, and many exercises to do to prevent this type of pain. Prevention is important because this is one area of the body which is difficult to operate on.
By looking at these images you can see that the knee is a complicated but clever, hard working joint and deserves to be understood and looked after.
Helen How
Registered Osteopath
14 Craighall Gardens
Edinburgh EH6 4RJ
0131 551 1044
Tags: Chronic Knee Pain, Osteopath
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Sunday, August 29th, 2010
This diagram helps illustrate how the muscles which attach to the elbow become overloaded and start to tear the tendon attached to the elbow (the condition known as tennis elbow) 
When muscles keep pulling on the tendon, sometimes the tendon structure tears and breaks down, causing local pain. The arm – in particular the forearm – can experience muscular spasms and a local weakness which serves to protect it from further damage.
The aim of treatment is to loosen off the muscles which have become hard, fibrotic and shortened, in order to avoid further small tears of the tendon.
Most traditional treatments include stretching exercises, corticosteriod injections and pain killers. The problem is that simple stretches only puts more strain on the torn tendon structure. Massage loosens the superficial muscles only and fails to reach the local tendon. Corticosteroid injections can be helpful in the short term, but those subjecting their arms to frequent, heavy use, for example, manual workers, will find their tennis elbow returning. For longer term results, the deep, tight muscles need to be relaxed by the fleximatic machine
I have found that the French Fleximatic massage machine ( which has been used in France for over 50 years) is beneficial, as the deep trigger and round head allows me to get deeper into the muscles of the forearm and upper arm, enabling some flexibility and stopping the muscles from continually tractioning on the tendon.
My patients have felt better within two treatments, which is unusually quick. This is because the trigger head of the fleximatic machine can vibrate and loosen off the deep muscles of the forearm which are unreachable by hand.
Patients who’ve been helped have asked me to include this in my blog for the benefits for others experiencing similar conditions.
Helen How
Registered Osteopath
0131 551 1044
Edinburgh EH6 4RJ
£35 for a one hour treatment which includes taking a case history and giving massage.
Tags: Osteopath, osteopathy Edinburgh
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
As you can see muscles are complex structures, which, when damaged, take time to heal and recover. 
Yesterday, I had a client who is busy renovating his home. He had to insert some screws manually over light fittings in his kitchen ceiling. Instead of diagnosing tennis elbow, an injury caused by overuse of the outside of the elbow, I realised he had a small tear in the middle of his muscle, resulting from twisting and pushing the small screws in with his arm raised above his shoulder.
Diagnosing a minor muscle tear in the middle of strong well-used muscles is not as easy as it might seems as pain can cause all the muscles to go into protective spasm.
In his case, I used the trigger head of my fleximatic machine in combination with my fingers to find the small tear in the middle of a particular muscle.
As you can see from the diagram, these muscle fibres are complicated and need time and support to repair.
I loosened off his muscle spasms and then showed him how to self- tape and protect his muscle while working. I then used fleximatic treatment and electrotherapy to start the long process of muscle healing and repair.
This treatment lasted for an hour, and included advice on self-care, as prevention of further injury and time for the collagen fibres to settle and repair are essential.
Helen
Helen How
Registered Osteopath
Edinburgh
Text 07889304762 or call
0131 551 1044 (£35 for one hour session, not including any tapes, braces or other orthotics etc)
Tags: Osteopath
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Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
As you can see this huge nerve which we use all our life can develop problems, resulting in pain or compression if there is a prolapsed disc.
No practitioner can provide a miracle cure, so those suffering from sciatic nerve pain must be patient. Unfortunately some people don’t look after their bodies, assuming that the doctor/nurse/physiotherapist/chiropracter can heal them quickly.
What do you think? I would appreciate hearing your views.
Helen How
Registered Osteopath
0131 551 1044
Tags: Osteopath
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Monday, June 14th, 2010
It’s common to have front knee pain at some stage of your life as your patella – knee cap – is in constant use as you walk up and down stairs or hills.
A properly-functioning knee cap travels up and down a small narrow groove. Sometimes, however, it gets slightly diverted, resulting in increasing soft tissue irritation which is aggravated by walking up and down stairs 
Getting your knee cap or patella to stay in the centre of your knee is tricky, requiring various rehabilitation exercises, many of which are difficult to do without attending a Premier League Rehabilitation Centre with swimming pools and expensive exercise equipment.
Even with such amazing rehabilitation centres Britain still has problems in supporting athletes to become world champions or even reaching the quarter finals of a competition.
For non-athletes, we have to hope that our knee caps remain positioned in the centre of our knees so that we don’t experience pain at the front of our knees.
More about less frequently-occurring causes of knee pain another time.
Helen How
Registered Osteopath
0131 551 1044
Edinburgh EH6 4RJ
£35 for one hour all inclusive with massage case history and treatments included.
Tags: Osteopath
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
I promised to write again about the Air Cast Walker Boot. Last week I fitted an Air Cast Boot in order to speed up an old fashioned exercise programme. As the general public doesn’t have access to a premier league rehabilitation swimming pool or gym and receiving daily physiotherapy treatments can be very expensive, an alternative way to aid recovery is to buy such a protective boot and walker.
Here is the case history report on Wayne Rooney`s recovery from his Metatarsal Injury.
It is used after you may have attended a Fracture Clinic or after Spained Ankle or from other complex Foot Injuries.
1. Spained Ankle
2. Ankle Fracture
3. Metatarsal Fracture
4. Lisfranc joint injury
5. Cuboid Fracture
6. Talus Fracture
7. Achilles Tendon partial rupture or complete rupture
Most Premier League Footballers will have used some for of protective walker boot in their careers. There are other versions on the market which can be found searching on the internet on website such as Physio Med.
Helen How
Registered Osteopath
0131 551 1044
Edinburgh EH6 4RJ
£35 for one hour all inclusive with massage case history and treatments included.
£20 for 30 mins of simple electrotherapy and some soft tissue
Tags: Sports Injury Clinics Edinburgh
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