Chronic Pain & Mobility Conditions

Chronic pain is pain that lasts a long time and is often associated with mobility conditions which cause a person to have difficulty walking and moving as they normally would. Some of the common causes are:

• Neurological conditions
• Ageing process
• Obesity
• Injury

What is Osteoarthritis?

Osteoarthritis is a condition that causes joints to become painful and stiff and is the most common type of arthritis in the UK, occurring mostly in later life and is more common in the overweight.

Almost any joint can be affected by osteoarthritis, but the condition most often causes problems in the knees, hips, and small joints of the hands.

For more details on this condition see https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/osteoarthritis/

How is Osteoarthritis treated?

Jane treats Osteoarthritis using a combination of a bespoke programme of clinical Pilates and exercises for you to do at home with radio frequency therapy which research and Jane’s experience with this leading edge technology have shown to help in reducing pain and improve function compared with just exercise alone.

What is Osteoporosis?

Osteoporosis is a health condition that weakens bones, making them fragile and more likely to break. Other indications of the disease present in some older people, where it is more common, who develop a stooped posture indicating that the bones in the spine cannot properly support the weight of the body.While osteoporosis can affect men and women, women are more at risk because the hormone changes that happen at the menopause directly affect bone density.

There is no one cause of Osteoporosis, but the following factors may increase the risk:

• Hormone and glandular disorders
• Family history
• Eating disorders
• Long term lack of exercise

How is Osteoporosis treated?

Following assessment and diagnosis Jane will prescribe a bespoke programme of both bone-loading exercises to help strengthen density and clinical Pilates to improve muscle strength and tone and help improve posture and balance. It is important to maintain muscle to protect the bones and improving balance prevents falls, often a cause of fractures amongst sufferers of Osteoporosis.