What is Osteopathy?

Osteopathy is a primary care profession. It is a method of diagnosis, treatment, prevention and rehabilitation. The Osteopath’s aim is to find the cause of the patient’s presentation rather than just treating the symptoms. By treating the structure, the osteopath restores the body’s function and therefore allows it to heal itself. The body should be in a state of balance.

Osteopaths can treat people of all ages, including pregnant and post partum women, babies, children, teenagers, adults and seniors.
Osteopaths consider each person as an individual therefore treatment is different for every patient.

Treatment includes techniques such as soft tissue massage to release tension, joint articulation and manipulation to improve mobility, cranial technique to rebalance the body and visceral and fascial technique to release deeper restrictions.

Various conditions presented in practice include:

• Back pain
• Headache/ migraines
• Poor posture
• Neck and shoulder tension
• Sports injuries
• Sciatica
• Pre- and post-natal pelvic and back pain
• Arthritis and Rheumatic pain
• Frozen shoulder
• Tennis elbow
• Foot/knee complaints
• Menstrual pain, digestive problems or irritable bowels
• Stress related problems
• Jaw and sinus pain