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OSTEOPATHY SPECIALIST

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Osteopathy or osteopathic medicine is an approach to healthcare that emphasizes the role of the musculoskeletal system in health and disease.

ACUPUNCTURE SPECIALIST

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ACUPUNCTURE (NEEDLING) is the procedure of inserting and manipulating needles into various points on the body to relieve pain or for therapeutic purposes.

FOOT ORTHOTICS SPECIALIST

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Footminders orthotic insoles were developed by a group of podiatrists after years of research to help relieve over-pronation and to provide effective relief.

Zahir Chaudhary has graduated from The British College of Osteopathic Medicine with a Honours Degree and Masters in Osteopathic Medicine. Zahir Chaudhary has also completed a Medical Acupuncture course, enabling Acupuncture to be combined with Osteopathy. Zahir Chaudhary is a qualified England Cricket Board Coach and Martial Arts Instructor. Patients seen include: Steve Henry (Ninjitsu World, European, Commonwealth and British Champion); Roger Gracie (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champion); Lucio (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World and Pan-American...

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What is a Slipped Disc?

Herniation of the nucleus pulposus (HNP) occurs when the nucleus pulposus (gel-like substance) breaks through the anulus fibrosus (tire-like structure) of an intervertebral disc (spinal shock absorber).

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Orthotics

orthoticsMusculoskeletal and other disorders of human function are frequent, distressing, debilitating and are related to dysfunction of the Lower Extremity. Increasing numbers of people are suffering from non-traumatic disorders of the musculoskeletal system (and entire body) which are not readily diagnosed or effectively treated by conventionally trained health professionals.

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Osteopathic Care and Back Pain

TREATMENT FOR BULGING, RUPTURED OR HERNIATED (SLIPPED) DISCS:

You go to your family doctor with low back and leg pain and ask about seeing a Osteopath. "Oh, no," says the doctor," they'll try to pop it back into place which will not only be painful, but make matters much worse." Is this true? What is the OSTEOPATHIC approach to treating a "slipped disc"? Osteopathy is conservative care, which means it is non-surgical and drugless. In treating low back "slipped discs", most spine experts agree that conservative care should be tried before surgery is considered, except in severe cases. Osteopathy care has a long history of successfully providing conservative care for disc conditions - and no, Osteopaths do not try to "pop a disc back in place".

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Acupuncture

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is a form of therapy that promotes natural healing of the body. The art of acupuncture involves insertion of needles into specific points along the meridians of the body. Acupuncture forms a branch of Traditional Chinese Medicine, which originated in China over 5000 years ago. Acupuncture is a safe and effective natural therapy and an increasingly popular form of healthcare.

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