Eddy Marchetti osteopath for sportsmen and women in Monaco
Osteopathy is essential for both top-level and amateur sportspeople. These sessions with your osteopath for sportsmen and women enable the athlete to recover more quickly from an injury or to optimise his or her performance by recovering good bio-mechanics. You will benefit from osteopathic treatment and complementary physiotherapy at our Fontvieille paramedical centre in Monaco.
Who can consult an osteopath for sportspeople?
Whether amateur or professional, the type of sport, the frequency and intensity of the activity, every sportsperson’s body will undergo physical stress and strain.
The osteopath’s role in monitoring the athlete is to identify the mechanical tensions that accumulate during training. These tensions must then be manipulated to restore mobility and rebalance the bio-mechanics.
The aim is to prevent injury, improve performance and optimise recovery.
The patient will be able to follow his or her activity thanks to complementary osteopathy and physiotherapy at the Fontvieille Paramedical Centre.
the intestine, the centrepiece of inflammatory pain
Described as the ‘second brain’, the small intestine is often badly damaged by our lifestyles. Inflammatory food, daily stress, emotional shock, smoking, alcohol consumption, taking medication…
This makes it harder for the intestinal barrier to perform its role of evacuating bacteria properly. This leads to a reaction from the immune system, which will have less energy to fight the inflammations of everyday life.
These factors will also create tension in the fascia and membranes that support and protect the intestine. All the organs are attached to the skeleton by fascia, particularly the vertebrae.
It is important that these fascias remain flexible and mobile. If these tensions persist, they will constantly induce pressure on the vertebrae, creating compensations and therefore pain.
A healthy lifestyle, particularly with regard to diet, and regular visceral work are essential to protect your intestinal barrier.
Why consult an osteopath for athletes?
Sportspeople put more strain on their bodies than the average person, and this is likely to lead to inflammation. Many types of pain can lead you to seek medical advice:
sprains
tendonitis
muscle tears
contractures
low back pain
joint pain
pubalgia
headaches
sciatica
pain following a blow or fall
As is often the case with osteopathy, prevention is the key. Don’t wait until you’re in pain to consult an osteopath: follow-ups and check-ups throughout the year will help you to reduce the risk of injury and enjoy your sport with complete peace of mind!
Osteopathy for shoulder tendonitis :
You’ve probably heard of tendonitis of the supraspinatus (a shoulder muscle attached to the scapula). The tendon of this small muscle passes through the acromioclavicular joint.
This is sometimes referred to as ‘subacromial impingement’, and generally manifests itself as pain in the shoulder when the arm is raised. This pain is very often compensation pain. In other words, certain areas of the body no longer work well enough and lose mobility. The shoulder then takes over and works harder than it should.
It will therefore gradually increase its hyperactivity and cause inflammation (tendonitis).
The osteopath’s aim is to find these tensions on the periphery of the shoulder, for example blockages in the clavicle, vertebrae or even visceral tensions linked to the shoulder. He will then manipulate these areas of hypomobility to restore good mechanics and allow the shoulder to recover normal activity.
The problem rarely originates in the painful area. Pain is a warning that the body is compensating.
rates & payment
The price of your osteopathy session
SINGLE PRICE
75€
It is increasingly common for mutual insurance companies to cover all or part of the cost of the session: you can contact your insurance company before coming to my practice to find out more about the reimbursements included in your package.
Osteopathy for ankle sprains
When an ankle is sprained, the ligaments affected by the trauma distend or tear (in various grades: partial tear or total rupture), so there will be effusion and often swelling (linked to bleeding from the affected ligaments). At the same time, the ankle’s other ligaments, which hold the bones together, become rigid and less elastic. This protective effect is linked to the trauma of the sprain. As a result, the ankle will lose mobility and the torn ligaments will not be able to heal properly.
This is where osteopathy comes into play in the sprain healing process. Through gentle manipulation in the days following the sprain, the osteopath will restore mobility to the retracted ligaments around the edges of the torn ligaments. This increase in mobility will allow the torn ligaments to heal correctly, in the right dynamic, and limit recurrent sprains.
What’s more, a freely moving ankle will prevent the body from creating compensations in the knee, hip, pelvis or lumbar region.
To sum up, after a sprained ankle, it is important to ice it as soon as possible (especially if there is swelling and oedema), immobilise it for a few days with a splint (depending on the severity of the sprain), and have it treated by an osteopath fairly quickly, depending on how quickly the oedema subsides.)
Finally, carry out additional physiotherapy to strengthen the ankle’s stabilising muscles and improve proprioception.