CA Classical osteopathy

05/07/2025

18/06/2025

CA Classical Osteopathy

𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭:

𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗦𝗧

Also known as cranial osteopathy or CST, Craniosacral Therapy is an ideal treatment in the areas of rehabilitation, pain, and neurology. It is a non-invasive, gentle, and hands-on technique, developed almost a hundred years ago by some experienced osteopaths.

Cranial sacral therapy can be used for people of all ages. It may be part of your treatment for conditions like:

- migraines and headaches
- constipation
- irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- disturbed sleep cycles and insomnia
- scoliosis
- sinus infections
- neck pain
- fibromyalgia
- recurrent ear infections or colic in infants
- Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders
- trauma recovery, including trauma from whiplash
- mood disorders like anxiety or depression
- difficult pregnancies

17/06/2025

“𝑇𝒉𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑔𝑜 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔”, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝒉𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝒉𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛 𝑂𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑎𝑡𝒉𝑖𝑐 𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤, 𝑡𝒉𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑏𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠. 𝑇𝒉𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝒉𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝒉 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠.

16/06/2025

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03/05/2025

Understanding Cervical Spine Anatomy: Analysis by @ Dr. Sohail Ashraf Physiotherapy

“The cervical spine consists of seven vertebrae (C1-C7) in the neck region, playing a crucial role in:

1️⃣ Supporting the head
2️⃣ Facilitating neck movements (flexion, extension, rotation)
3️⃣ Protecting the spinal cord

The cervical spine consists of:

⏺️ 7 vertebrae:
C1 (Atlas), C2 (Axis), C3, C4, C5, C6, and C7

⏺️ 6 intervertebral discs:
Between each vertebra, from C2-C3 to C6-C7

⏺️12 facet joints:
2 facet joints at each level, from C2-C3 to C6-C7

⏺️Ligaments:
Various ligaments provide stability, including:
🔸 Anterior longitudinal ligament
🔸 Posterior longitudinal ligament
🔸 Ligamentum flavum
🔸 Interspinous ligaments
🔸 Supraspinous ligament

⏺️ Muscles:
Key muscles include:
🔸 Sternocleidomastoid
🔸 Scalene muscles (anterior, middle, posterior)
🔸 Suboccipital muscles (re**us capitis posterior major, re**us capitis posterior minor, obliquus capitis inferior, obliquus capitis superior)
🔸 Cervical paraspinal muscles (semispinalis cervicis, multifidus, rotatores)

Understanding cervical spine anatomy is crucial as it helps therapists:

✅ Assess and diagnose conditions (e.g., herniated discs, whiplash)
✅ Develop targeted exercise programs
✅ Apply manual therapy techniques
✅ Educate patients on proper posture and body mechanics

Common physical therapy interventions for cervical spine conditions include:

◽ Neck stretches and exercises
◽ Postural correction
◽ Manual therapy (joint mobilization, soft tissue mobilization)
◽ Strengthening exercises for neck and shoulder muscles”

- Dr. Sohail Ashraf Physiotherapist

Photo Credit: Dr. Sohail Ashraf

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03/05/2025

FOOT TENSEGRITY
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[FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY & BIOMECHANICS]
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The bones of the body are not totally solid objects like stone columns. They are, however, similar to reinforced concrete in their internal design. Like all tissues in the body, the bones are made of specialized fascia with the outer layering being periosteum and the interior being effectively hollow.
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What gives the bones their strong compression resistant qualities is the architecture of the interior. Specifically, the varying lines of forces in gravity create interlocking lines of micro bone formation called trabeculae.
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The trabecular system is similar to the idea of iron rebar rods that are threaded through concrete to give it greater stability. These lines of the trabecular system match common lines of force in the body and link other bones together to make joints.
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The picture of the foot shows the force of the body’s weight (100%) going down from the tibia and into the talus. You can see the forces follow the trabecular lines the whole way through the metatarsals and into the toes, allowing force to flow joint to joint, bone to bone. This force is then returned via ground reaction force through the same “train tracks”. But much like train tracks, they only allow the train (force is the train in this case) to move along them if they link together in line.
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This validates the ideas of “proper joint alignment” or centration in treatment or training. If a person has an anterior position of the talus from a previous ankle sprain, their trabecular system is no longer as stable and the soft tissues need to undertake more of the force to keep the joints stable (tensegrity).
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Force transmission is compromised making movement less efficient when trabecular lines aren’t connected. Tensegrity is about the balance between compression elements and tension elements. The trabecular system supplies the compression support, deloading soft tissues such as cartilage and ligaments.
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The foot is the boss of the kinetic chain!🦶
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