Are you struggling to get rid of long term pain or stiffness? It might be time to try a different form of treatment known as dry needling. Here at City Osteopathy, we offer this modern method of treatment to help provide you with effective relief from pain and discomfort.   But how does dry needling actually work? Let’s look further into the science behind this treatment method.   Dry needling involves inserting thin needles into targeted tight muscles or trigger points. Quite often these trigger points are the root cause of pain, which will then restrict movement. By inserting need ..read more

Chronic pain is defined as pain that has persisted beyond normal tissue healing time, which is considered to be more than three months. The odds are that this affects you or someone you know, with at least 1.9 billion people suffering from a form of chronic pain, most commonly associated with low back or neck pain.   While stress is an inevitable part of life, a prolonged exposure to these feelings can influence pain pathways and increase levels of inflammation and widespread pain. How Osteopaths in Melbourne can help: At City Osteopathy, we have experience within all aspects of the fiel ..read more

  If you are looking for an excuse to relax with massage, or to fix up any niggles, improve your alignment or heal any injuries with your favourite Melbourne Osteopath here at City Osteopathy, this is it – it’s time to use your private health rebates before it’s too late!   On the spot rebates are available for Osteopath CBD Melbourne and Remedial Melbourne at City Osteopathy. Make the savvy choice and book in your remedial massage and osteopathic treatments for the rest of the year today!   There are only 1a few weeks to use them up before they expire and we will hav ..read more

Did you know you can get 5 treatments rebated by Medicare per year with an osteopath under the Chronic Disease Management plan? (CDM)   If you have a chronic medical condition, you can be eligible for up to 5 rebated sessions with an osteopath under a Chronic Disease Management Referral (previously known as an EPC or Enhanced Primary Care plan). The Medicare rebate for these sessions is usually $56 per session (or if you’ve exceeded the Medicare safety net for the year, it will be rebated at a much higher rate). To be eligible, you must have: A chronic medical condition which has been pr ..read more

Most of us know the pain and discomfort associated with a headache. Whether it be from your team losing after the siren, not having enough water or suffering from caffeine withdrawals with approximately 75% of all people having reported a headache in the previous year. (World health organisation) Here is some advice to assist you in self managing your headaches. Drink plenty of water – Keeping well hydrated can assist in preventing headaches from occurring. It is recommended that we drink 2.5 litres for males, 2 litres for females per day. Manage your caffeine intake – Try to limit and m ..read more

7 Tips on how to move more and sit less  Come in and ask one of our Melbourne osteopath. We can all be found guilty of this, myself included. Sitting too often and for too long. It’s particularly easy these days with everything being available at the click of a button from uber eats to netflix, it often isn’t required for us to get up and move off the couch. Lucky for you I have 7 easy tips for you to to be able to move more & sit less 1. Commuting to work – If you need to catch a train, walk/cycle to the station. If you need to drive in to work, park a 10 minute walk away ..read more

As we approach the warmer weather, many of us come out of hibernation and find ourselves ramping up our exercise loads to get our summer bodies ready. “Shin Splints” can be one of the most frustrating roadblocks for runners of varying levels, particularly novice runners. What are shin splints Runners Scourge! Otherwise known as “Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome”, Shin Splints is a term used to describe pain along the medial border of the shin bone. It often occurs when the associated muscle and bone tissue become overloaded through repetitive foot impact with the ground. Often when there is a cha ..read more

High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)   Like most people, you may have reduced your exercise levels over the winter months and are now hoping to get back into the swing of things. There are so many forms of exercise we can perform to improve our general health and fitness however we often resort to the most familiar or comfortable exercises. We end up training without any structure, purpose, or intensity and after a while we start to lose motivation and have nothing to show for the effort we have put in.   Have you ever tried High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)? HIIT has become ..read more

You may have had one of these modalities done before or you may have just heard about them But I’m sure you have wondered – what’s the difference between Dry Needling and Acupuncture? The truth is that they are very similar, but vary differently. Both of these techniques involve the insertion of a small thin needle into the skin, however they may vary from being stationery (acupuncture) for a few minutes or being moved/jiggled around. (dry needling) The sizes of the needles can also differ in length from 3cm to 7.5cm and also in thickness, but most are as thin as a fishing line. Typically acup ..read more

80% of the population has or will experience lower back pain at some point in their lifetime. Have you ever wondered whether heat or ice will make your back soreness feel better?  Ice has been shown to reduce inflammation in the initial stages of an acute muscle strain or joint sprain. However, beyond this initial inflammatory phase, most cases of low back pain respond best to heat therapy as it assists with recovery by increasing blood flow, reducing muscle spasms and decreasing pain. Many of us will often use a wheat bag or gel pack to supply the heat on our sore backs, however recent ..read more