Shaun Tyler Osteopath & Rehabilitation Colchester

12/11/2025

If you live in Colchester and have back pain you can get in touch

✉️info@shauntyler.com
☎️07900363938

30/10/2025

Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome or GTPS refers to pain and tenderness around and over the bony prominence you can feel on the side of your hip.
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It used to be thought that it was irritation of the bursa. However, new research has demonstrated that only 20% of people with lateral hip pain have a problem with the bursa. It’s mostly because of irritation to the gluteal tendons.
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Symptoms include
• Pain on the outside of the hip
• It can be very sore to touch the area
• Worse when lying on the affected side which often disturbs sleep
• Sitting for long periods
• High impact exercise
• Resisted abduction can cause pain
• Stairs can be an issue especially early morning, and patients often worry they hip osteoarthritis.
• In some cases, pain can radiate down the leg
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Who does it affect?
It’s more prevalent in women between 40-60yrs especially if you have a higher BMI. It’s commonly seen in menopausal and perimenopausal women.

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Why does it happen?
It can be caused by overload (doing too much) and a combination of deconditioning of the gluteal muscles and tendons. There’s also a link between oestrogen and degeneration of the tendons.

28/10/2025

Want an exercise that can

👌 Improve posture
👌 Improve scapula stabilisation
👌 Improve spinal strength
👌 Reduce back pain

🫡 PRONE BACK EXTENSION COMBINED WITH SHOULDER EXTENSION

🤸‍♀️Movement Tips

1. Lengthen your spine through the crown of your head.
2. Try not to look up, keep your gaze down to the floor.
3. To increase intensity hold longer at the top of each repetition.
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If you’re suffering from back pain and need help you can reach me:

✉️info@shauntyler.com
☎️07900363938
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27/10/2025

Do you monitor your energy?
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We're all living busy lifestyles, juggling work, kids, friends. We're too often plugged into work emails even in our own time, Then there's social media on top. This can leave us feeling overwhelmed and too busy to concentrate on our self and health.
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If I work within the biopsychosocial model then research and MY experience informs my practice that a person can only carry so much. Stress, worry, poor sleep, crappy food can all manifest with physical symptoms that include aches and pains.
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Change your mindset and think of each small chunk of exercise you do, nutritious food you eat, or that proper sleep your prioritise as a way of managing your battery life. It really is the small things you do for yourself that really count.
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Happy Monday!

22/10/2025

Cervicogenic headache is a syndrome that describes a type of headache that originates from structures in the neck. Pain often starts in the neck and refers to the head and face.

Signs & Symptoms:
🤕Often pain one side of the head (but can sometimes be both sides)
🤕Pain in the upper neck & base of skull (the occipital region)
🤕Sometimes referral into the arm
🤕Reduced movement in the neck, sometimes during neck movement pain is worse
🤕Sometimes nausea, vomitting, photophobia

Prevelance:
🙋If you're female you are 4 times more likely to suffer from a cervicogenic headache.
💥It's though that 15-20% of all people suffering from headaches have cervical referred pain.
🗺️2.5% of the general population suffer from these type of headaches.

Treatment:
🙌Osteopathy is a good treatment option for cervicogenic headaches. In my experience this is because it helps to releive the headache pain but also addresses the problems in the cervical spine causing the issue.

Other options include the use of pain killers, botox injections and nerve block injections.
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21/10/2025

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18/10/2025

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07/10/2025

If you're suffering from a stubborn tendon pain then it might be caused by chronic under or over loading it. Tendons require load and stress to make them better.

🔽Under loading - using an insufficient stress - can cause cellular changes within the tendon. Tenocytes are special cells within the tendon which react to load - this is known as being mechanoreceptive. If it's underloaded it causes a catabolic response where the tendon starts to break down & it becomes less stiff. It can lose mechanical properties & this can cause pain during activity.

⬆Over load - having too much stress like too much jumping, running, kicking a football, can cause a spike in inflammation, tears within the tendon & changes within its extracellular matrix. This can lead to a failed healing response resulting in less blood flow, pain & finally tendinopathy.

⚖ Changes in load are always involved in tendon pain it's just a matter or worrking out whether it's under or over loaded.

🍫To progress you'll need find the sweet spot. This is the amount of load (chosen activity) you can do where it doesn't cause too much of a pain response during & afterwards.

💹 From this point you'll want to progressively overload the tendon & muscle. This could be starting with an isometric exercise & progressing to strength training. Sports people like runners might even have to progress to plyometrics.

👊If you're suffering with a tendon issue & don't seem to be moving forwards then get in touch or book an appointment:

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03/10/2025

I'm a total believer of the "movement is medicine" & "motion is lotion" approach to keeping your spine healthy. You spine consists of bone and joints, discs, ligaments, muscles, fascia, & a dense network of blood vessels & nerves.

It's designed to allow up to stand on two feet, absorb forces & move in lots of directions. It also protects the spinal cord.

Every time we move our bodies are pumping synovial fluids in & out of the spinal joints which lubricates the joint & brings nutrients to the area. Your discs don't have a very good blood supply compared to muscles. Discs get their nutrition from a process called "imbition." Think of your movements creating a shunt of blood & fluids around the area. This in turn creates a change in pressure promoting the discs to absorb nutrients to keep them plump & healthy.

So do me a favour, get up & move regularly. Try & twist, bend & extend. Your spine will really thank you for it.

19/09/2025

👂If you're over 70yrs-old then we really need to talk about your muscle mass. Strength type training for older adults (in fact all age groups) is really well researched and there's so many benefits.

👵STRENGTH TRAINING WILL ADD QUALITY TO YOUR LIFE
It's well reported that over 70's have mobility issues like trouble walking, getting out of a chair or climbing stairs. This is due to sarcopenia which is the reduction of muscle mass & strength. Sarcopenia can lead to increase risk of falling, chronic health problems and

🦵Arthritis - it can improve pain+ stiffness + increase mobility
🦴Osteoporosis - it can improve bone density + reduce risk of falls
💖Can reduce risk of heart conditions
🧠Can reduce your risk of Alzheimers + improve cognitive function
💤It can improve sleep effecting other areas of your health
🫛It can help manage Type 2 diabetes by helping control blood sugar
⚖ It can help manage your weight + reduce obesity
👊It will significantly reduce frailty

🙌 Now here's the best bit. You don't have to throw weights around like a Russian shot putter! You just have to commit to 2-3 sessions per week. You can use bands, dumbbells, bodyweight or machines. You can do it at a gym, in a class or indoors or outdoors. and it works equally for men + women.

14/09/2025

A common symptom of a disc issue is pain when sitting to standing. The initial effort combined with bracing the back & stomach muscles causes an increase in intra-abdominal pressure. This can cause mechanical pressure on the lumbar discs causing pain.

Other symptoms of a disc issue

🔥Pain coughing, sneezing, straining your abdomen
🔥Pain when you slump
🔥Pain turning over in bed
🔥Pain bending forwards
🔥Stiffness & muscle spasm
🔥Sometimes referred pain
🔥Sometimes pins needles & numbness

🙌 If you're suffering or experiencing any of these symptoms & would like to speak to an expert please do not hesitate to get in touch.

📲07900363938
📧info@shauntyler.com