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Welcome to the Parramatta Sports Medicine Clinic
Sydney osteopaths
The clinic strives to achieve long term solutions to injuries. These injuries range from severe sporting injuries and traumas, to everyday common problems, aches and pains. Whether you are an elite sports person, or just trying to stay active through life, the staff at the clinic will help you achieve the results you seek.
Some conditions that are commonly treated with success at the clinic are:
Lower Back Pain Arthritis
Disc problems Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)
Knee Pain Pain and activity during pregnancy
Sporting injuries Restriction related to sporting activity - Running, Kicking, Throwing & Passing, Over arm action, Swinging, Dancing.
Ankle and Foot injuries
Sciatica
Numbness and Tingling
Shoulder and Neck pain
Headaches
Postural problems
About Us
The focus of our treatments at the clinic is Osteopathy. The treatments are safe, effective and aimed at looking at the cause of the injury. Whilst our initial aim will be trying to reduce pain, our final goal is to achieve long term rehabilitation from injury. If you have had an injury that just doesn't go away, and you have tried other therapies with no success, then it's highly unlikely that the initial cause of injury has been missed!
Your Osteopath is trained at recognizing if the injury is serious enough for referral to specialists, or if the pain is being caused by serious pathology. Safety and efficiency are of highest importance during the course of treatment. The whole family will benefit from Osteopathy, and it is especially effective with children.
As we are interested in long term improvement, we are qualified to give advice on stretching, exercise and diet. If needed, the clinic has a referral base of specialist orthopaedic surgeons of the highest quality, covering all areas of the body.
Osteopathy
Osteopathy is a form of manual medicine that aims at helping the body restore its balance. It looks at each injury from the view that the injury has an effect on the whole body. Therefore, only by taking into account the changes made by the whole body to accommodate the injury, can true long term recovery occur.
Osteopathy is defined by its principles:
The body is whole, working as a unit.
This seems obvious enough to most people, yet most other therapies don't seem to take this into consideration when treating injuries. They end up focusing on the pain and symptoms only, without focusing on the cause. This leads to repeat injuries and pain coming back. E.g. Recurring ankle injuries.
Structure and Function are inter-related.
Quite simply put, the physical structure of the body will affect how your body will work. And in return, poor function of the body over time, will have an effect on the body structure. This will allow the osteopath to look deeper into your lifestyle habits, so as to explain why your body falls into certain positions. E.g. Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI).
The body has the ability to heal itself.
Osteopaths believe in the body's proven ability to heal itself. Much like you can see a small scratch on your arm heal over time, the same process happens inside your body, but on a larger scale. It is only when mechanical restriction slows this process down, do injuries become chronic or long term. Osteopaths are trained in identifying and removing these restrictions so that healing can occur.
Osteopaths strictly follow the above three principles.
As obvious as it seems, it is the thought process of Osteopathy that sets it apart from other therapies like Physiotherapy and Chiropractic, and not the techniques that are used. This philosophy when applied correctly, is able to overcome mechanical and structural problems that cause pain.
Osteopaths are expertly trained in the specifics of biomechanics, and the anatomy and structure of the body. Osteopaths at the Parramatta Sports Medicine Clinic work in this structural manner to specifically, efficiently and safely identify and treat your injury.
Service Categories
Deep Tissue Massage, Lymphatic Drainage, Myofascial Release Therapy, Osteopathy, Pregnancy Massage, Remedial Massage, Remedial Therapies, Sports Injury Therapy, Sports Massage, Swedish Relaxation Massage, Trigger Point Therapy
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