Author page: Dr Shane Buntman

This week’s blog post is an article that was featured in the New York Times Phys Ed column a few weeks ago. It covers some recent research out of Croatia that involved some “bogglingly comprehensive re-analysis of data” about the detrimental effects of static stretching used as a warm-up before exercise. You can read the full article here on the New York Times…

“Osteopathy…something to do with bones right?” Well, yes, but there’s also a little more to it. Osteopathy is a manual therapy (hands-on) approach to health care. Osteopaths typically treat over a 30 minute appointment, which is perhaps a little longer than a chiropractor or a physiotherapist. This allows the Osteopath to spend more time examining the patient and to look more…

For anybody out there interested in scientific studies, this paper was published early in 2013 about the outcomes of Osteopathic treatment for lower back pain. http://www.manualtherapyjournal.com/article/PIIS1356689X13000842/abstract Outcomes of osteopathic manual treatment for chronic low back pain according to baseline pain severity: Results from the OSTEOPATHIC Trial The study consisted of over 400 patients with varying degrees of lower back pain…

Smile. Meditate – Yoga is great for this. Exercise. Be grateful. Eat healthy. Distract yourself. Breathe correctly – Yoga is great for this. Correct Posture – Osteopathy can help with this. Get a massage. Spend time with happy people.

As a triathlete I am always looking to move faster on my feet, trying to get ahead of the person in front, and the best way to do that in a triathlon is in the running leg. The best triathletes are almost always the best runners. Not being born a natural runner, it’s important for me (165cm tall with short legs and over…