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Head, shoulders, knees and toes: Top tips for keeping your body working smoothly this festive season
December 20, 2022 / News
The busy festive season is here. Bringing with it food, friends, family and good times. ‘Tis the season, after all.
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What can you use cranial osteopathy for?
August 25, 2022 / News
“Cranial osteopathy is one area of my practice that gets a lot of attention,” Osteopath Denise Callaghan says, who has more than 35 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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Are you pregnant? Here’s why you should consider acupuncture and osteopathy
June 17, 2021 / News
Pregnancy is a unique and powerful experience. Over the nine-month period your body deals with a number of emotional, physical and hormonal changes – which is to be expected. After all, it’s preparing to welcome a new life into the world. So, with the recent birth of Meghan Markle’s and Prince Harry’s baby girl, Lilibet […]
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Patient survey 2020: The results are in!
May 14, 2021 / News
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?
May 11, 2020 / News
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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Recent research has revealed that acupuncture is an effective treatment for headaches
May 7, 2020 / News
Last Thursday I attended a webinar course looking at the classification, prevalence and management of headaches. There are many types of headaches including migraines, tension headaches, sinus and structural headaches (caused by the neck, head or jaw). There are even headaches caused by overuse of medication where the painkiller causes the headache — these are […]
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Pregnancy – not an illness, right?
August 5, 2019 / News
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!
July 26, 2019 / News
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’
March 19, 2019 / News
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
February 15, 2019 / News
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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