Have you seen multiple doctors or practitioners and still you are no better? 

Are you struggling with pain AND accompanying symptoms such as fatigue, anxiety, brain fog, IBS or more?

Does nobody seem to get it?

Well we might…

Our Osteopaths are trained in a cutting edge, scientifically backed approach to chronic pain and stress illness.

New research shows that our traditional view that all pain is caused by tissue damage or postural dysfunction is wrong. The causes of pain are varied and whilst short term pain may be as a result of a pulled muscle, long term persistent or chronic pain is more likely to be being caused by functional changes in the nervous system. These changes can occur for many reasons relating to previous trauma, emotional, cognitive or lifestyle factors. This is why we take an all-round (biopsychosocial/mind body) view incorporating all aspects of your individual story to identify what aspects of your current situation or past history are relevant to your current symptom picture.

Our pain education helps explain the neurophysiological nature of chronic pain which comes from adaptive changes in the nervous system, not nerve or tissue damage. It explains why you can have what seems like tissue pain and neurological symptoms, such as pins and needles, but that there is no evidence in blood tests or scans. How many different diagnosis have you had?  By understanding the science that links up to 33 symptoms associated with chronic pain and working on the triggers it is possible to reverse these adaptive changes.

Science shows that many painful and long term conditions can be caused by stress, so once any tissue damage or pathological changes have been ruled out, our approach seeks to find out what other factors are underlying the condition. Once we have identified the significant factors we work with you to formulate an individually tailored plan that includes pain education and lifestyle adjustments to reduce the pain without the need for medication or invasive intervention.  Gentle osteopathic treatment may be part of your treatment plan. We use very gentle hands-on osteopathic techniques to help the body relax and let you and your nervous system feel more settled. We combine this with a SIRPA /Mind Body techniques to help reprogram the neural pathway dysfunction to help you change your pain. 

Having a chronic pain condition is frustrating and can have a huge impact on your life but we are here to help you get relief by giving you the tools and treatment to reduce your pain and get your life back.