Pain Management

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...

How to maximise the quality of sleep you get, when suffering from back pain.

An Osteopath’s insight into sleeping positions and back pain, by Andrew Doody.A good night’s sleep is essential to your health, and an important part of your overall well-being. Back pain can significantly affect a person’s ability to get...

Acupuncture and Pain Management

Here at Shine, Newington Green, we have highly skilled Acupuncturists with over 25 years experience of treating many forms of pain. Valeria Frank shares with us the current Scientific and Medical research building and backing support of Acupuncture's...

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.

Where to begin?

Hearing the words “it’s cancer” was never something I worried about. Cancer has not affected my family at all and until this year I gave it little attention.Yes, I did the odd charity walk and donated whenever anyone asked but it was never a...

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...

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...

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Is a condition where numbness, pins & needles or severe pain can be felt in the Wrist. At this busy junction of muscles, bones, tendons and nerves, there can be restrictions of space made from tightness, overuse of the wrist, or a hereditary condition...

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...

Why stress is not all in the mind…

In modern society, intense competition, time-pressure, difficult relationships and the strains of family life have become the main causes of stress.Stress is a psychological problem but it also causes a physical response