Osteopathy
Osteopathic Treatment
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.
We treat people of all ages, including pregnant and post partum women, babies, children, teenagers, adults and seniors. We consider each person as an individual therefore treatment is different for every patient.
Treatment includes techniques such as soft tissue and myofascial techniques to release muscular tension, joint articulation and manipulation to improve mobility, cranial therapy 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 pain
- Sports injuries
- Sciatica or other nerve pinches
- Pre- and post-natal pelvic and back pain
- Arthritis and Rheumatic pain
- tendinopathies
- Tennis or golfer’s elbow
- Foot/knee complaints
- Digestive problems or irritable bowels
- Menstrual pain
- Jaw tension and pain
What is Visceral technique?
Viscera is the collective name for the organs present in the chest, abdomen and pelvis. Visceral osteopathy therefore seeks to release tensions from the tissues of these organs to allow them to function freely. Often when there is a build up of tension in these organs they exert a pull on the spine through their ligamentous attachments. Visceral osteopathy may also aid functional problems of poor digestion or restricted breathing by directly addressing poor mobility of the organs in question.