Osteopathy

Osteopathy is a manual therapy that has evolved over the past two centuries. It uses well-honed observation, palpation and clinical diagnosis skills to identify the body imbalances and stresses that are causing the patients' symptoms.

These stresses may be distant to the site of pain but must be treated in order to allow full recovery. Osteopathy helps by taking a "whole body" approach to assessing and addressing all the relevant factors contributing to the complaint.

By diagnosing the underlying cause of the problem, the goal of osteopathic treatment is not only pain relief, but also prevention of reoccurrence for acute conditions, and gradual recovery from more chronic diseases.

At all times, Osteopathy aims to improve its patients' long-term health and vitality - and in order to achieve this durably, treatments may also incorporate nutrition advice, exercise prescription (an exercise plan), therapeutic massage and other treatment modalities.

What to expect from your first visit

Read an overview of what to expect when visiting an osteopath here.

Read more on our blog

You may find some of the following posts from our blog helpful too.

• What is osteopathy? What can an osteopath treat?
• What is 'holistic osteopathy'?
• What’s the difference between Osteopathy, Physiotherapy and Chiropractic?
• Treating and preventing Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI), tendonitis, etc.
• Treating injured marathon runners osteopathically
• Reducing aches and pains during pregnancy (and how to speed up post-natal recovery)