What can you use cranial osteopathy for?

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“Cranial osteopathy is one area of my practice that gets a lot of attention,” Osteopathy Denise Callaghan says, who has more than 25 years’ experience in the field. This is especially the case in more recent times thanks to celebrities like Heston Blumenthal and royals like Pippa Middleton speaking out publicly about having used this […]

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Patient survey 2020: The results are in!

Patient survey 2020: The results are in!

Patient care is always high on the agenda here at Denise Callaghan’s Osteopathy and Acupuncture clinics in Bromley and Orpington. It is part of our CPD requirement that we seek feedback from patients in order to make sure that we provide the best possible care.  Whilst this process has been slightly disrupted by events of […]

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Do you have a disproportionate response to injury?

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Patients often attend the practice with severe pains due to a relatively minor injury, this may be due to central sensitisation. For instance, someone who has a strain in the lower back and is also suffering from irritable bowel syndrome has a much greater chance of feeling pain and a persistence of pain, compared to […]

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Pregnancy – not an illness, right?

Being pregnant is a real cause for celebration, especially if it’s taken a little while to conceive. And, what with work and the other demands of our 24/7 modern lifestyles, it’s tempting to try to carry on ‘as normal’. But that’s not going to be so easy if you’re feeling sick, tired, beset with back […]

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How to enjoy an injury-free summer holiday!

For most of us the annual summer holiday is the long-awaited, much-anticipated highlight of the year. But, just because we’re away, it doesn’t mean that things won’t go wrong. In fact, being more relaxed and less vigilant in unfamiliar surroundings could leave the unwary wide open to all sorts of holiday hazards. Added to which, […]

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Sciatica – signs, symptoms and saying ‘sayonara’

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When you were growing up, how many times did you hear an older relative complaining about their lumbago? That their left hip hurt or that they could only stand on one leg? Often confused with other types of back pain, lumbago has since received a makeover – it’s now called Sciatica – but everything else […]

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Acupuncture gets the royal seal of approval

The news that Meghan, Duchess of Sussex is “reportedly” having acupuncture ahead of the birth of her baby in April will no doubt spark fresh interest in this ancient Chinese practice. I have used it for several years, alongside osteopathy, to treat any number of complaints from back pain to infertility. Happily, it’s also perfectly […]

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Who are you calling face ache?

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TMJ is not necessarily a well-known term. And in these days of LOL and OMG you could be forgiven for thinking it’s just the new TMI; but in fact it stands for temporomandibular joint. Which is the joint that connects the lower jaw (mandible) to the skull (temporal bone) in front of the ear. And […]

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