Osteopathy

What’s In A Click?

Osteopathy explained by Resident Shine Osteopath, Andrew Doody. Osteopathic manipulation, or HVT (high velocity thrust) as it is more technically known, is the “click” that many people associate with osteopathic treatment. It is by no...

5 Tips To Achieve Your New Year’s Fitness Goals

Decide what it is you’re wanting to achieve and tailor your program towards it. Do you want to lose weight? Get fitter? Tone up? All three? Get expert advice in the London N16 area, shaped around your body type, goals and needs.

Fibromyalgia – The Facts As We Know Them

Written by Resident Osteopath, Andrew Doody.Although fibromyalgia has long been known to exist, it has only recently begun to be fully accepted and recognised as the chronic debilitating condition that it can be. The NHS and the Department of Work and...

Dealing with Chronic or Undiagnosed Pain

How we relate to pain, especially undiagnosed pain can make a difference to how we heal. Using the example of lower back pack, find out how we can help ourselves and be supported to come through it, by Justin Redpath, Osteopath, Massage Practitioner and...

Art in the Science of Osteopathy: Stories beyond Symptoms

Written by Rehana Kapadia – Cranial Osteopath at Shine on the Green.There has been a spate of literature, published in recent years, from doctors writing of their quest for deeper philosophical insights within healthcare and the value of regaining the...

Pain free Posture for Parents

There are many expected joys of being a parent: your baby’s first smile, first words, first steps, first day at school and so on.Many of us learn to acknowledge that these moments of heart felt pleasure and pride come after periods of sleepless nights,...

Tennis elbow and Golfer’s elbow

 As our glorious British Summer continues and everyone basks on the tennis court, our osteopath, Andrew Doody, calls time on an old problem. Tennis elbow is a condition that causes pain around the outside of the elbow.    It’s...

Ways to get fit this Summer

With so many options for the best way to get fit for the Summer, our Osteopath, Andrew Doody, discusses the pros and cons of different forms of exercise, including a few of the most popular programmes doing the rounds.So you’ve decided something needs...

What is Anatomy in Motion?

An innovative treatment approach to pain and injury that is leading the way in the future of manual medicine available with Leon Baugh at Shine on the Green.AiM provides a totally unique way of looking at the relationship between pain and the way your body...

Finish that marathon!

If you are training for the Marathon, you hopefully would have started a good few months ago to ensure a safe progression. I want to flag up a few tips to remind you of some important factors to keep track of.A challenge like the marathon is incredibly...

The Five most common Rugby injuries

In celebration of Rugby, one of the most physical sports, our osteopath Andrew Doody takes you through some of the most common injuries and how to spot them. The five most common rugby injuries: Medial collateral ligament tear.This is the ligament...

Winter posture alert!

Did you know that the weather can affect your posture?As we head into the colder season, it is worth thinking about the subtle changes we all tend to make to our posture as the temperature drops. These changes may be subtle but they make a profound impact on...