When Should I See an Osteopath?

If you have back pain, stiff joints, headaches, arthritis, digestive problems, fatigue or even period pain an osteopath can help. Osteopathy is a holistic discipline that uses gentle stretching, massage and mobilising joints to ease symptoms to improve your overall health and allow you to lead an active life. Osteopathy is so gentle even newborns and the frail or elderly benefit from it.

Osteopaths Help the Whole Family

Osteopaths can ease dad’s bad back, help mum’s body regain its strength after childbirth and even help gran’s arthritis. If your baby’s not sleeping well, your toddler’s running amok or your 10-year-old’s struggling at school osteopathy can help make family life more pleasant for the whole family.

Osteopaths assess the skeleton, joints, muscles, nerves, connective tissue, circulation and organ function. This ‘whole body’ approach makes osteopathy a very effective treatment for a range of issues including:

• Back, neck, shoulder, hip, knee, ankle and wrist pain
• Headaches, dizziness or loss of balance
• Repetitive strain injury and other work-related injuries
• Arthritis
• Unexplained tiredness and chronic fatigue
• Indigestion, constipation and Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• Sports-related injuries
• Gynaecological, pre- and post-natal problems
• Hyperactivity, learning and behavioural problems in children
• Colic, misshapen head, reflux, poor sleeping in babies
  

What Makes Osteopathy Unique?

An osteopath doesn’t just treat a specific injury or ailment. The osteopath will assess how an injury or pain relates to other parts of the body. If you have a sore knee the osteopath will treat your knee and assess whether you are compensating for your sore knee by placing more strain on your other leg, which may cause other problems long-term.

Osteopaths Help With Long-term Prevention

An osteopath helps you take responsibility for your own health by:

• Identifying causes of the problem eg workplace ergonomics
• Teaching you how to use your body less strenuously
• Helping you become aware of postural problems
• Devising individual exercise and dietary programs
• Teaching relaxation techniques to reduce stress
• Working with other medical practitioners to help manage your symptoms
  

Osteopathy is a safe, gentle therapy that benefits people of all ages and enhances their well-being and lifestyle.

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