by Fionnuala Murphy | Jun 10, 2019
Nine things Osteopaths do that the NHS doesn’t. NHS staff are skilled and dedicated people who work very hard on behalf of patients and do a brilliant job. Unfortunately, the NHS is such a big complex organisation and is often so overstretched that they can’t do...
by Fionnuala Murphy | Mar 18, 2019
Do you feel like you sleep well every night? Most of us these days don’t get enough sleep, and it’s more important for our health than we realise. Matthew Walker’s recent book “Why we Sleep”* makes very interesting bedtime reading. He points out that it is a...
by Fionnuala Murphy | May 3, 2018
In a recent series of papers published in the scientific medical journal The Lancet a team of international researchers examined the evidence for all kinds of treatment for back pain to establish which are the best and most effective. This has been widely reported in...
by Fionnuala Murphy | Dec 5, 2017
Why does research into Osteopathy matter? Research matters because these days research is applied to all medical treatments to ensure that they are effective. The old “snake oil” cures are a thing of the past. Nowadays we have what’s called...