Osteopathy, Cranial Osteopathy, Paediatric Osteopathy, Acupuncture, Sports Injury Therapy
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Osteopathy:
Is a well established system of manual medicine, with a wide range of techniques, some very gentle. It can help you by carefully adjusting your body.
Osteopathy recognises that the body has recuperative and regenerative powers. In this a vital role is played by the interrelation of body structure and function. Osteopaths work with this relationship between the structure and function of your body to provide the greatest possibility for your self-healing capacity to operate. The variety of techniques allows osteopaths to select an approach for safe treatment of people of all ages and a wide range of health situations.
Osteopathy can help you with:
Managing body dysfunction and pain in all age groups Including:
Pain
Headaches
Jaw problems
Pain in the neck and back
Stiffness
Shoulder and arm pain and dysfunction
Sciatic pains
Posture
Postural problems related to work, school, growth spurts
Pregnancy
Discomfort and strain with change of body shape
Injuries at work or sport
Sprains, strains, RSI, tendonitis, bursitis.
Recovery after motor vehicle accidents
Whiplash syndromes.
Development
Problems of infancy including colic, reflux, irritability, difficult feeding. Childhood problems including recurring infections, developmental delays,leg aches.
Breathing
Asthma
Recovery from respiratory infections
Abdominal and pelvic organ dysfunction
Poor digestion
What happens in an Osteopathic consultation:
History: Notes are made of, work history, sports, health problems, any trauma, past treatments (including medications) and responses.
Examination: Focus is on quality of mechanical function. Some medical examination and orthopaedic tests may be performed where indicated in the history.
Medical imaging: Review of medical imaging and may refer for any indicated.
Explanation: Discussion about proposed management.
Treatment: Manual techniques are selected for the patient, if appropriate.
Exercise planning/postural advice: You may be advised to do (or stop doing!) certain exercises or advised about posture or manner of work.
Do you need a referral?
Referral from a General Practitioner is not necessary, except for: Medicare, Veterans Affairs and Work Cover patients
Health Insurance:
All private health insurers cover Osteopathy in their extras tables.
Health Work Cover:
Clients can receive Osteopathic care covered by Work Cover, on referral from their General Practitioner, while they are under a medical certificate.
Medicare:
Some chronic (at least 6 months, including asthma, arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions) and complex (need for team care) conditions are supported by Medicare, in the Enhanced Patient Care scheme, on referral from a General Practitioner.
Veterans Affairs:
Clients are covered for Osteopathy on referral from their LMO. Clients need a current “D904” certificate.
QUALIFICATION DETAILS
Practitioners’ backgrounds:
Thomas Whitton D.O., Grad.Dip.Ost.Paed.
Graduated from the Pacific College of Osteopathic Medicine in Sydney and was licensed in NSW after State Board Examinations in 1983.
Postgraduate training includes: cranial osteopathy; osteopathic paediatrics; acupuncture for osteopaths. He earned a Certificate in Clinical Practice from RMIT in 1993 and a Graduate Diploma in Osteopathic Paediatrics RMIT 1996.
Association positions:
Chair: AOA Continuing Professional Development Policy Committee
Member: Osteopathic Program Advisory Committee, Southern Cross University.
Previously:
Queensland President AOA and member of the AOA Federal Council
Member of Queensland Health's then Chiropractors and Osteopaths Board.
Treatment approach
Thomas mainly uses gentle soft tissue and muscle energy techniques and very gentle functional and cranial techniques. High velocity low amplitude (HVLA) thrust techniques are used infrequently. He provides postural advice and exercise prescription. Thomas refers for medical imaging only where clinically indicated.
Meisha Krogh B.App.Sc. (Clinical Science); B.Osteopathic Science
Background
Meisha studied osteopathy at RMIT University in Melbourne and graduated in 2006 with distinction. Before entering University, Meisha was an experienced massage therapist at West End Osteopathic practice in Brisbane. She also has over ten years experience working with people with various physical disabilities in Australia and overseas.
Whilst studying in Melbourne, Meisha gained experience providing physical therapy for a man with quadriplegia for three years. She also worked as a massage therapist and sports trainer for two seasons at a Melbourne football club, acquiring skills with sports injuries and rehabilitation.
Treatment approach
Meisha’s treatment style uses a gentle structural approach, incorporating muscle energy and soft tissue with gentle balancing techniques. High velocity thrust techniques may also be employed when indicated.
Meisha obtains great satisfaction in relieving pain for people with chronic disabilities, illness and pain syndromes. She also particularly enjoys treating pregnant women and new mothers, though people of all ages and complaints are welcome.
Registered Osteopaths, Members of the AOA
Nambour Osteopathic Practice
After practicing in Tweed Heads and West End in Brisbane since 1986, Thomas set up practice in Palmwoods in 1993. In 2006 he moved his office to Nambour. This office is three doors along from the traffic lights outside the Nambour General Hospital and has parking at the rear and ramp access at front. Given Meisha’s extensive experience with disabilities, it’s important to note that Nambour Osteopathic Practice has excellent disabled access and facilities.
Osteopathic training:
Training is a 5 year double degree. Southern Cross University, Lismore/Tweed Heads offers a Bachelor of Clinical Science and Master of Osteopathic Science. Training is also available in Melbourne at RMIT and VU.
History of Osteopathy
Osteopathy was developed in the 1870s in the Kansas- Missouri area by Andrew Taylor Still. The first school opened in 1892 at Kirksville Missouri. Doctor Still had well founded criticism of the medical system of that day and sought to shift health care towards greater recognition of host factors in health and disease. He stressed the relationship of body mechanics to health. His insight was the interaction between structure and function and the potential for altered or impaired body mechanics to affect things such as local circulation and so impair our health, resistance to disease and capacity to recover. Still set up a philosophy of health care that stressed taking detailed note of body mechanics in the context of the patient’s health and developing procedures to restore normal function. A wide variety of techniques have been developed for application to various types of dysfunction in various age groups and states of health.
Ref: Ward Ed. Foundations for Osteopathic Medicine 2006
In October 08 Thomas and Meisha enjoyed the AOA Convocation at Twin Waters, celebrating 100 years of Osteopathy in Australia, with speakers from all over the world, including Russia; the USA; England; Austria; NZ and the various Australian Universities.
Service Categories
Acupuncture, Osteopathy, Sports Injury Therapy
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