I regularly see patients who are concerned about their symptoms. Often, this anxiety ultimately proves unnecessary, but I understand very well where it comes from. This is especially true when...
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People are often very attached to their animals. Whether it concerns livestock farmers or private individuals with dogs, cats, or rabbits — animals play an important role in daily life...
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I regularly hear that strengthening the “muscle corset” is considered a good solution for lower back pain. This refers to the idea that the abdominal and back muscles must be...
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Naturally, we regularly see patients returning to the practice. Often, the reason for a return visit is that someone believes an old complaint has resurfaced. Because they have had positive...
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Fortunately, an osteopath regularly receives expressions of gratitude. This is pleasant for the patient, but also for the osteopath. A positive outcome of a treatment increases the likelihood that the...
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On Friday, March 4, a friendly 51-year-old woman visited the practice with persistent sleep problems. For several months, she had been struggling with both falling asleep and staying asleep. As...
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Sometimes the cause lies elsewhere than expected. That was my first thought after seeing a patient in the practice for the first time on June 15 with pain on the...
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Many people with long-term neck or calf complaints primarily seek temporary pain relief. Within osteopathy, we look specifically for the possible cause behind recurring complaints and focus on sustainable recovery....
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On July 16, I see a patient for the 1st time. She reports having suffered from pain in the right hip area for 5 weeks, extending to the right knee....
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On July 17, a patient visited my practice for the first time due to complaints of an irregular heartbeat, which she had been suffering from since 2009. The constant restlessness...
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Always in pain. All stimuli that keep a person informed about what is happening inside and outside the body pass through a structure in the midbrain known as the thalamus....
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As osteopaths at the Andromeda Center for Osteopathy, we regularly have the privilege of supporting these children. No one should have to live with pain, especially not children. They should...
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On November 25, 2025, we encountered an article in the Eindhovens Dagblad. This immediately caught our attention. Not only because this deserves our attention as an important medical subject, but...
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Once again, a confirmation of our vision. On November 29, 2024, an article by German researchers regarding long COVID was published in a scientific journal, Neuroscience News. Using new imaging...
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A while ago, another opportunity arose to link osteopathy to the relief of a particularly unpleasant complaint. The ED (Eindhovens Dagblad) of Saturday, January 11, 2025, featured an article about...
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I recently attended an interesting course at the Sutherland Cranial College of Osteopathy: Establishing Oxygenation & Vascular Flow in the Paediatric Pathway. The course focused on the essence of good...
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"It must be a placebo..." A thought I hear often. And honestly? It is a valid question. How do you know if a treatment truly stimulates the self-healing capacity—and isn't...
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Do I need to keep coming back for maintenance? This is a question we receive regularly. In principle: no. Once the cause has been addressed, the body is usually perfectly...
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A well-known quote by A.T. Still, the founder of osteopathy, is 'Find it, Fix it and leave it alone'. Osteopathy operates on the principle of the body's self-healing capacity: we...
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Chronic sports injuries - what if you just can't get rid of them? Time and again, that "simple" hamstring injury forces you to stop exercising. Or persistent Achilles tendon complaints...
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🎙️ With the Osteo Talkings podcast, we aim to provide listeners with better insight into our methods as osteopaths. We also want to answer a question we frequently receive: what...
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Sneezing, itchy eyes, a stuffy nose… For many people, this means months of discomfort. Often the focus is on suppressing symptoms. But what if you also look at why your...
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I was frequently asked whether I did not find it a pity to leave manual therapy and sports physiotherapy behind. I have never experienced it that way myself. For me,...
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Many people believe that you prevent complaints by being treated on a monthly basis. Things go well... until suddenly they go wrong again. As an osteopath, I am focused on...
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Crying after a feeding—whether breastfeeding or bottle-feeding—restless sleep, or a baby who frequently swallows air and burps without actually spitting up... In this article, you will read how to recognize...
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Back problems are common and can have a significant impact on your daily life. Many people therefore wonder: what does an osteopath do for back problems and how can this...
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Osteopathy is becoming increasingly popular in the Netherlands. More and more people with diverse physical complaints are seeking help from an osteopath. This does not only concern well-known complaints such...
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Many parents ask themselves: what does an osteopath do for a baby? Especially when a baby suffers from restlessness, reflux, sleep problems, or a preferred posture, parents look for possible...
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“Tension in the body is rarely located where the pain is experienced” A wonderful interview with Ton van der Heiden has been published in Voetenwerk, a professional magazine for pedicurists….
In a previous publication, we called attention to the opportunity that, in our view, osteopathy should be given in the treatment of long COVID symptoms. A recent article in the…
Chronic pain The Tuesday, May 24, 2022 edition of the Eindhovens Dagblad features a particularly insightful article regarding chronic pain. Using an example, it illustrates how difficult it is to…
In a previous publication, we pointed out the relationship between the lymphatic system and cerebrospinal fluid. This relationship was only scientifically proven a few years ago, but it has long…
Spring 2017. I was considerably fatigued and had a ‘busy head.’ I was overworked and saw a link to, among other things, not yet being able to properly manage my…
This time, one of the osteopaths, Marc van Leeuwen, explains more about osteopathy, a method of treatment that is gaining increasing interest. Osteopathy Osteopathy views the body as a whole…
Listening to the body. Ton van der Heiden and Peter van Dommelen have both been working for seven years, each in their own practice, using an unusual research method to…
Osteopathy is a method of treatment that does not merely examine the musculoskeletal system, where symptoms often manifest, but involves the entire body in the examination. If the balance between…
What is osteopathy and what exactly can an osteopath do for you? Osteopathy is a combination of the Greek words ostheon (tissue) and pathos (feeling). The osteopath looks for loss…
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