Can my back being ‘out of place’ or misaligned be the cause of low back pain?

This is a bit of a chick and egg scenario. Are you in pain because your spine is misaligned or is your spine misaligned because you are in pain? As yet, no studies have found spinal misalignment to be the cause of back pain. In fact, many people with obvious misalignment of their spine have [...]

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We’ve been updating our site

The Harbour Osteopathy website is never complete or finished. In the last week, we’ve updated the following pages: Low Back Pain Upper Back Pain Neck Pain Good Posture 5 Tips To Manage Your Back Pain

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5 Tips to Manage Your Back Pain

As many as 9 out of 10 adults will experience back pain at some point in their life-time. Knowing what to do and when to do it can often make a huge difference in the recovery time for back pain. We recommend the following helpful international guidelines for the treatment of low back pain: Go [...]

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Osteopath Toby Francis starting work at Harbour Osteopathy

Hi, I’m Toby and I’m excited to be joining the team as an Osteopath at Harbour Osteopathy in Fairlight. I can really relate to the landscape of Sydney’s Northern Beaches, having grown up on the coast in the Illawarra. The amazing  beaches, bike paths, walking tracks and sporting fields located around Manly and its surrounding [...]

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Should I use heat or ice for pain relief?

When to use a heat or ice pack Several times a week I get asked by a patient, ‘What should I use for pain relief, heat or ice?’ A straight forward answer is often hard to give, sometimes its one or the other or sometimes a combination of both. Confused? Lets try to clear this [...]

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