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OSTEOPATHY

Osteopathy is a gentle safe, non-invasive manual therapy that uses hands on techniques to diagnose and treat musculoskeletal conditions. It is based on the principal that the body has the ability to heal itself and  focuses on restoring the body’s optimal function to treat conditions and to promote wellness.

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Using many of the diagnostic procedures applied in conventional medical assessment, osteopaths seek to diagnose and treat conditions possible without the use of drugs or surgery.

Osteopaths use touch, physical manipulation, stretching and massage to increase the mobility of joints, to relieve muscle tension, to enhance the blood and nerve supply to tissues, and to help your body’s own healing mechanisms.

Osteopathic treatment is tailored for the individual and the condition being treated, thus making it suitable for the whole family. Osteopathic treatment may help with:

• generalised aches and pains

• joint pains including hip and knee pain from osteoarthritis as an adjunct to core OA treatments and exercise

• arthritic pain

• general, acute & chronic backache, back pain (not arising from injury or accident)

• uncomplicated mechanical neck pain (as opposed to neck pain following injury i.e. whiplash)

• headache arising from the neck (cervicogenic) / migraine prevention

• frozen shoulder/ shoulder and elbow pain/ tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) arising from associated musculoskeletal conditions of the back and neck, but not isolated occurrences

• circulatory problems, cramp

• digestion problems

• joint pains

• lumbago

• sciatica

• muscle spasms

• neuralgia

• fibromyalgia

• inability to relax

• rheumatic pain

• minor sports injuries and tensions