What is Osteopathy?

Osteopathy is a system of diagnosis and treatment suitable for a wide range of medical conditions. It aims to restore balance and mobility throughout the body to support your own medicine chest. It is a holistic approach, which believes that an individual’s well being depends on balance and integration of the musculoskeletal, nervous and visceral (internal organs) systems as well as the more subtle cranial rhythms.

Using a range of manual techniques, such as physical manipulation, stretching, massage and gentle cranial techniques, the aim of osteopathic treatment is to restore balance to the body allowing it to heal itself.

Treatment

Osteopathic treatment does not limit itself to treating symptoms but is a holistic approach based on the importance of good balance for overall health.

Treatment is hands-on and involves gentle and skilled manipulation of the whole body. We may use a wide range of techniques, including massage, cranial techniques (sometimes referred to as ‘cranial osteopathy’) and joint mobilization.

Your treatment will depend on your specific problem and may also vary from one treatment session to next. We will choose an approach best suited to your needs at a specific time and may switch between techniques during treatment, as your body starts to release.

Clients

We currently offer osteopathy for the following clients:

• Pregnant and post-natal women
• Newborns
• Children
• Adolescents

If you do not fall in to one of these categories but require osteopathic treatment, please contact us we are happy to refer you to a service which can help you.