KnightsbridgeosteopathSusannah Makram practices Osteopathy inKnightsbridge at the BVLGARI hotel spa Knightsbridge.
DID YOU KNOW? #Aestheticosteopathy can help improve appearance of the ageing spine as well as skin tone via cupping massage and lymphatic drainage – visibly delivering results.
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Aesthetic osteopathy
Cupping massage for cellulite may be part of your aesthetic osteopathy. You can discuss your goals when you book your appointment with Susannah.
Susannah tailors your osteopathy experience. Most importantly, it’s SAFE. Osteopathy helps maximise gym performance and re-energise. Get clean and lean without injury risk.
Get clean and lean without risking injury.
Consultation begins the osteopathic health journey. That’s osteopathy with Susannah, the Knightsbridge osteopath. Relax and re-energise your body. Osteopathy can help get you moving. Click here to find your osteopath in Knightsbridge.
Knightsbridge physical therapy
Travel to Knightsbridge to experience the energising effects of osteopathy. Find out why KNIGHTSBRIDGE OSTEOPATHY:
CRANIAL OSTEOPATHY & STRETCHING
DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE & CUPPING MASSAGE
MANUAL LYMPHATHIC DRAINAGE & TRIGGER POINT THERAPY
KNIGHTSBRIDGE OSTEOPATHY TO: (i) improve posture and flexibility
(ii) help you get a great night’s sleep
(iii) speed up recovery from sports’ injury
(iv) provide clinical advice regarding follow up care and investigations
(v) Get you moving.
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BVLGARI HOTEL SPA
The health journey is treating the body as a whole working with osteopathy and naturopathy techniques. Osteopathy will realign your posture preformed carefully for your optimal comfort.
Whilst osteopathy physically aligns and balances our body, naturopathy supports health on a cellular level by improving circulation, nutrition, detoxification and elimination.
why see an osteopath
Osteopathy works to restore our body to a state of balance, where possible without the use of drugs or surgery. Osteopathy uses touch, physical manipulation, stretching and massage to increase the mobility of joints, to relieve muscle tension, to enhance the blood and nerve supply to tissues, and to help your body’s own healing mechanisms.
Back pain isn’t the only reason why 30,000++ people every day in the UK visit their osteopath… 6 reasons why below.
(i) What’s the difference between an osteopath, a chiropractor and a physiotherapist?
(ii) Do I need to have back pain to book an appointment with my osteopath?
(iii) Do I need a referral to see my osteopath? (The answer is no!)
why osteopathy
So let’s start at the very beginning! WHY OSTEOPATHY then WHEN OSTEOPATHY.
6 reasons why osteopathy works:
You’ve had a minor injury but it’s now several days laterand it isn’t improving
You have ongoing pain and know you’re popping too many pills in order to cope with it
After pregnancy your body is struggling to return to normal and baby is terribly unsettled too
why osteopathy
You’re in training for a sporting event and you want to perform the best you can and avoid injuries
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5. You’ve got a debilitating condition which can’t be cured but is causing you great discomfort
6. You suffer with regular headaches and migraine which makes your life a misery
How does osteopathy work?
To an osteopath, for our body to work well, its structure must also work well. So osteopaths work to restore our body to a state of balance, where possible without the use of drugs or surgery.
Why osteopathy? Osteopaths use touch, physical manipulation, stretching and massage to increase the mobility of joints, to relieve muscle tension, to enhance the blood and nerve supply to tissues, and to help your body’s own healing mechanisms.
Your osteopath may also provide advice on posture and exercise to aid recovery, promote health and prevent symptoms recurring.
So, why osteopathy? Osteopaths are like ‘Pain Detectives’. Highly skilled at working out where the main problem or issue is happening. Osteopaths trace back to the actual cause of the pain and deal with that too.
Here’s how to fix lower back pain by identifying the cause. People ask “how can I relieve back pain at home?” The reality is you may have a serious underlying condition. This needs to be figured out to get the right treatment. Osteopathy should include home care advice and exercises for low back pain.
If you’re safe to treat you’ll get that too. Low back pain affects 8 in 10 of us. It’s frustrating waking up with low back pain for no obvious reason. It affects our mood. how we work, how we move. Symptoms of nonspecific low back pain are most common.
If you’re having lower back pain symptoms without getting the lower back pain relief you deserve to be safe, clinical, practical, effective you need to change your current treatment or exercise routine.
We’ll break these down (keep reading).
The longer we have this ache or a pain, the longer it may take to achieve our peak performance. The longer we hold on to a muscle strain or ligament sprain, the more complex the pain condition gets. THAT’S NOT ALL…
FAST FACT — Back pain is the largest single reported cause of absence from work.
It costs ~ £5 BILLION (or £200 for every employee) in SICKNESS ABSENCE COSTS Source: Clinical Standards Advisory Group
SAFE. CLINICAL. PRACTICAL. EFFECTIVE.
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THE COST OF BACK PAIN TREATMENT
In pursuit of enjoying the best retirement? Wish for the costs broken down? It’s simple: this. Consultation and physical examination at Susannah Makram clinics gives you data: options; costs. Compare costs starting with osteopathy today against costs over time vs. you choose to omit osteopathy with Susannah from the equation.
“Change before you have to” Jack Welch
Preventing lower back pain. Checking in to avoid checking out.
Usually, the first thing one in three people suffering with low back pain relate to is the frustration. If only we were told. If only we were warned how much time they would lose. If only they knew they’d have to skip work. As leaders or employers, running a business… Can you imagine? Not being able to work because of low back pain?
How to fix lower back pain
Sometimes we get muscle strains and ligament sprains. They can affect our quality of life. There are differences between the two but both are dealt with very differently from person to person.
We could have the exact same diagnosis or prognosis as the next person but our experience of lower back pain is different. This is why improving our quality of life is one of the these two, depending on you and not depending on your diagnosis.
1) a check up
2) a health journey
Low back pain
There are some warning signs to be aware of. Lower back pain can need urgent medical attention. Know the signs and spare yourself and your family, long lasting, life threatening, or potentially disabling disease or health complications.
Innovative ways to categorise and measure pain are currently being studied. For example, scientists are using computer-assisted technology to develop a novel programme that will capture and quantify pain experiences. Tools such as this will be combined with existing methods to more accurately and consistently measure pain over time and across groups, diseases, and conditions.
What do the busiest people do when they have pain?
Lower back pain
Here’s what they don’t do: ignore it. If we feel our body is tense, we might get a massage. “What’s the worst that can happen?”
Lower back pain treatment
OPTIONS? READ ON — Your chosen healthcare professional should outline these to you so you can make an informed decision…
Lower back pain treatment
The diversity of pain conditions requires a diversity of research and treatment approaches.
According to the National Center for Health Statistics (2006), approximately 76.2 million, one in every four Americans, have suffered from pain that lasts longer than 24 hours and millions more suffer from acute pain.
Pain can be a chronic disease, a barrier to cancer treatment, and can occur alongside other diseases and conditions (e.g. depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury).
Pain affects more Americans than diabetes, heart disease and cancer combined. Pain is cited as the most common reason Americans access the health care system.
Low back pain can creep in, where a little tiredness may have been.
Bad sleep quality and quantity can wreck or strengthen our bodies. If sleep can cause such dysfunction to our bodies then what about pain? Checking in for osteopathy before this happens makes sense.
Otherwise, we’re checking out. Our posture affects our functional health.Don’t have to take time off work — with NO GUARANTEES it will be a happy holiday.
Low back pain affects 1/3 of us. Back pain isn’t normal. What can we do? Keep reading for common causes of back pain.
What’s osteopathy exactly?
Osteopathy includes treatment techniques that can vary from osteopath to osteopath.
Osteopathy is a safe form of physical therapy. The treatment goal is to optimise movement and restore mobility. This can help REDUCE PAIN intensity. Also, it’s to prevent further injury, which can be debilitating.
Is focus on POSTURE important? OUR dynamic posture is how we move; how we breathe; how we sleep.
What’s the result of physical therapy?
Did you know, in Britain, our BACK PAIN ranks as the leading cause of absence from work?
EVERY DAY 30,00 people in the UK see an OSTEOPATH.
As an osteopathwe know there’s a huge difference between your first episode and subsequent episodes of low back pain.
That’s not all…
What’s the most common cause of back pain?
Just how much chronic back pain are GP surgeries seeing day in, day out? In most cases, commonly, the cause of back pain has been cited as muscle strains or sprains. These are best approached with initial treatment. Initial treatment includes physical therapy or osteopathy.
Sciatica
The diagnosis of sciatica and its management varies within and between countries. (1) The radiating leg pain and related disabilities make this condition highly impactful on quality of life. Exact data on the incidence and prevalence of sciatica is lacking. In general an estimated 5%-10% of patients with low back pain have sciatica. (2)
What is Osteopathy?
What is osteopathy?
There are four main principles of osteopathy:
The Body is a Unit
Structure governs function
The body is capable of self-regulation, self-healing and health maintenance
The Rule of the Artery is Supreme
SAFE, CLINICAL, PRACTICAL, EFFECTIVE
WHAT IS OSTEOPATHY? SAFE
In 2006, the Department of Health published guidelines entitled The Musculoskeletal Services Framework, to include osteopathy. Musculoskeletal back pain is the bulk of what registered osteopaths treat, on a day-to-day basis.
The osteopathic profession sees that initial screening takes place at first consultation. If necessary, appropriate referral (for further investigation) is made. Osteopathy at Susannah Makram Clinics is not for everybody. Also, not every is suitable for osteopathic treatment. Not every patient is suitable for all techniques of osteopathy. This relieves the burden on GPs vastly as osteopaths do not need referral in order be clinically safe.
The National Council for Osteopathic Research (NCOR) and the British Osteopathic Association have conducted a standardised data collection (SDC) exercise. The report is available on the NCOR website.
The Royal College of General Practitioners issued guidelines for GP’s, which recommends manipulation. This performed by osteopaths, for the relief of acute low back pain.
WHAT IS OSTEOPATHY? CLINICAL
The General Osteopathic Councildefines osteopathy as: “…a primary care profession, focusing on the diagnosis, treatment, prevention and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal disorders, and the effects of these conditions on patients’ general health.”
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Your osteopath assesses by medical history taking and physical examination. Orthopaedic physical exam at consultation assesses for muscle strength; nerve function etc. Gait analysis looks for patterns of dysfunction. At Susannah Makram Clinics we also look for musculoskeletal function. Susannah focuses on dynamic movement – our posture. Finding our posture changes our life. We help optimise recovery and prevent injury.
Osteopathy (BSc Degree) is a four-year full-time programme.
Modules of study include: Principles of Osteopathy; Anatomy; Physiology; Osteopathic Technique; Soft-Tissue Techniques; Pathology; Nutrition; Diagnosis; Exercise Physiology, Orthopaedics and Traumatology; Psychology; Pathology; Paediatrics; among others.
The clinical teaching, standards and time requirements are the same as for the Masters in Osteopathy.
Functional healthcare relies on working with the best. That’s why Susannah Makram Clinics is established from years of experience. Do your research before you choose your specialist. Your health is your wealth. Invest wisely.
(1) Weinstein JN, Lurie JD, Olson PR, Bronner KK, Fisher ES. United States’ trends and regional variations in lumbar spine surgery: 1992-2003. Spine 2006;31:2707-14. (2) Younes M, Bejia I, Aguir Z, Letaief M, Hassen-Zroer S, Touzi M, et al. Prevalence and risk factors of disc-related sciatica in an urban population in Tunisia. Joint Bone Spine 2006;73:538-42.
