Osteopathy Services

Osteopathy is a safe and natural approach to healthcare which focus on the bones, joints, muscles and soft connecting tissues, and the way in which their condition affects your body as a whole. The Osteopath will listen to your description of the problem and conduct an examination in order to identify and treat faults which occur because of injury, stress of perhaps disease. Osteopathy works to enable the body to restore itself to normal function and to relieve pain

Back Pain

Osteopathy is most readily associated with back pain ranging from muscular injuries, joint derangements to disc injuries. However, Osteopathy is also used to treat a much wider variety of problems from stress, headaches and tension to occupational injuries, and from sports injuries to the aches and pains associated with ageing.

Treatment

The treatment you will receive will be mainly manual. This could range from a gentle massage to stronger stretching and mobilising techniques. These include short sharp movements to free restricted joints and give more rapid relief from pain.

Continous Support

Your Osteopath may also give you exercises to do at home, a temporary support or postural advice. You may be shown how to protect yourself against repeated injury and you will be advised on what level of activity is right for you in the home, garden, sports or work place. Your Osteopath will work with you to compile a complete programme for your recovery.

Cranial Osteopathy

Cranial Osteopathy works by making very small adjustments to the fluctuations of movement created by the fluid around the spinal cord and brain. Any injury or illness that affects your health will interrupt the regular flow of this fluid; Cranial Osteopathy restores the natural flow. This approach is therefore highly suitable for the treatment of babies and children and is regularly used to treat conditions such as colic, sleep disturbance, glue ear, migraine and ME.