Osteo Studio Blog: Insights for a Healthier You

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Link between small leg length differences and back pain?

Leg length differences can alter the biomechanics of the body, affecting how we walk, and how forces are distributed up our spines. This in turn can then lead to back and neck pain, extra curves in the spine (scoliosis), and increased degeneration of intervertebral discs and spinal joints (arthritis).

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Exploring the Immune-Boosting Effects of Medicinal Mushrooms

There’s now quite compelling scientific evidence for a variety of health-promoting effects from what are referred to as ‘medicinal mushrooms’. Many of these mushrooms have been used for a very long time in both traditional Eastern and Western medicine.

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Working from home? How’s your neck doing?

Newsflash, human’s just aren’t designed for sitting in front of computers or staring down at phone screens all day. As a result of our use of these technologies, people can develop what is known as a ‘forward head’ posture. This is where the head permanently sits forward out of its normal alignment, putting a mechanical strain on the structures of the neck and upper back.

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Understanding Spine Scans: The Truth About Degeneration

Over the years, a number of studies have looked at MRI or CT scans of the spines of symptom-free people. What the studies showed was that many people were happily walking around with a range of degeneration and damage in their backs, and never even realised it.

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