by Ceb'sile Ndlangamandla | Jan 17, 2019 | Osteopathy
The carpal tunnel is a narrow passageway on the underside of your wrist, made up of bones and ligaments. The median nerve passes through this passage way into the hand, where it controls the sensation of the thumbs and the first three fingers. The space in this narrow...
by Ceb'sile Ndlangamandla | Oct 29, 2018 | Health and fitness, Osteopathy
Osteopathy is a form of manual medicine which was founded in the early 1800’s, by an American physician, Dr. A.T Still. At the foundation of Osteopathy is the understanding that the entire body functions as one unit, therefore dysfunction in one area of the body will...
by Ceb'sile Ndlangamandla | Aug 2, 2018 | Osteopathy
It is estimated that more than 50% of women experience some degree of pain with their menses. This ranges from tolerable cramping to excruciating pain requiring the use of over the counter drugs such as Advil, Ibuprofen and Naproxen. Symptoms are often accompanied by...
by Chantal Milot | Feb 14, 2017 | Health and fitness
You have lately heard that sitting puts more pressure on your spine than standing, and the toll on your back health is even worse if you’re sitting hunched in front of a computer. Indeed, the disks in your back are meant to expand and contract as you move, which...
by Chantal Milot | Jan 16, 2017 | Chantal Milot RMT Blog, Health and fitness
It’s quite common to have patients in clinic with a nasty, nagging pain that presents between the spinal column and the medial border of the scapula. There can be several reasons for this, meaning, it could be muscle tightness, muscle weakness, myofascial trigger...
by Chantal Milot | May 11, 2016 | Chantal Milot RMT Blog, Health and fitness
It has long been suggested that massage therapy is good for us and that it can reduce our fatigue and increase our energy. While massage does not directly increase energy, it does reduce fatigue and often decreases the symptoms that sap our energy, resulting in our...
