Chronic ankle instability

What is chronic ankle instability? Chronic ankle instability is the recurring giving way of the ankle, often developing after repeated ankle sprains. The ankle is one of the most traumatized parts of the body. Sport injuries of the ankle account for 10-30% of all...

What is an Advanced Pain Management Osteopath?

Osteopath Michael Johnco is currently the only Advanced Pain Management Osteopath within Queensland. Michael is also one of only seven in Australia with this title. This title is a sign that an Osteopath has undergone additional university training after completing...

What is pain?

What is pain? What happens when pain does not go away? Pain is one of many responses from the brain when it has received enough danger messages from one part of the body. Let’s take a common injury: You just cut your finger. So what’s happening? 1. Danger...

Seeing an Osteopath & Spinal Manipulation.

Are you familiar with videos that circulate social media showing someone ‘cracking” joints or the spine? But what makes that satisfying sound and what does it achieve? Seeing an Osteopath will often combine various techniques tailored to you and your pain,...