Tag: healthandwellness
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Beautiful Cold Water

And why it’s so good for us, Siân shares her passion for cold water dipping. If you have been treated by me over the last year, then no doubt, at some point, I’ve chatted endlessly and passionately about my morning routine of cold water dipping 😉 I was so chuffed recently when a patient told me…
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I have a Fibroid, I have named her Florence (not her real name).

How we relate to our own pain and discomfort is important, it has a massive impact on how well we move through life when our bodies, or minds, aren’t feeling great. When I was in my teens and early twenties I struggled with Anorexia and Bulimia. A part of my recovery was in being able…
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Hydration and Healing…

Becca highlighted to me recently how often the link between hydration and healing is underestimated and how often she is talking to patients about it in clinic… Upto 60% of the adult human body is water, the brain and heart are 73% water, the lungs are 83% water. The skin contains 65% water, muscles and…
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Book review: I may be wrong, and other wisdoms from life as a Forest Monk.

I fell in love with this book and inhaled it yesterday, so much of the beautiful and funny teachings from this memoir are relatable, osteopathic, and refreshingly human. Björn Natthiko Lindeblad, from Sweden, shares the story of his life from highflying economics graduate to Forest Monk and beyond. He shares his awareness that success wasn’t…
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Welcome to Frome valley Osteopaths (FVO)
Welcome to our new blog… Our website is still very much up and running at http://www.fromevalleyosteopaths.co.uk, the blog is here to create something more flexible, where we can write to stay in touch and respond to the needs or queries etc that arise in clinic. We can also share book recommendations, meditation recommendations, exercise info…