What is Osteoporosis?

With more than four million potential osteoporosis sufferers in South Africa, it’s time we stood up and paid attention.Osteoporosis is more serious than you think, affecting over 200 million women worldwide; most women don’t know they have…

Growing Pains in Children?

Can growing be painful? Do you remember being told by your parents that the pain you were experiencing was a ‘growing pain’? Believe it or not, your parents were probably right. What causes growing pains? Dr Guy Ashburner, an Osteopath…

Be in Shape after 40

Get Your Move Groove Back As men get older they start to assume that aches and pains are a ‘natural part of getting old’ and that they have to accept them – this is not true, there is a lot that Osteopathy can do to help over 40 men stay…

Do alternative medical therapies work?

Do alternative medical therapies work?In pain? If conventional methods fail, visit an osteopath. The Women24 team gives the treatment a ‘thumbs up’. Do you?In search of answers, I visited Dr Guy Ashburner, an osteopath. (On behalf of the…