OsteoActive

What Treatments Does OsteoActive Provide?

We here at OsteoActive provide comprehensive therapy services to help treat different types of conditions which include:

Back and Neck Pain

Osteopath Australia has shown that osteopathic treatments can decrease back pain and can increase mobility as well as assist in your recovery process.

Your osteopath can help you create a customised action plans that are in line with your individual lifestyle, symptoms, and goals in order to better manage your back and neck pain.

Pelvic Pain

Your osteopath will work closely with you to identify the cause of your pain and then determine your treatment course. 

With the right treatment course, your osteopath can help you: 

• Improve muscular flexibility in that region
• Improve joint range of motion in your lower back, hips, and pelvis 
• Maintain correct alignment of your lower back and pelvis
• Provide advice on maintaining flexibility and strength around your pelvis

Sciatica

Osteopathy can help relieve symptoms of sciatica. This condition can resolve quickly with the appropriate management and self-care. 

Your osteopath will do a complete musculoskeletal and orthopaedic evaluation to look for the root cause of your sciatica. Your osteopath with then treat the related joints, muscles, ligaments or tendons to reduce the pressure on the sciatic nerve.

Headaches

To help manage your headaches, your osteopath can:

• Work on your overall mobility
• Improve the mobility of your ribs as well as your thoracic and cervical spine
• Investigate muscular tension, nerve compression, and inflammation
• Give you advise on good posture, exercises, and stretching that will help prevent a recurrence of symptoms
• Offer you guidance on diet and prevention of dehydration
• Provide advice on improving the ergonomics of your home or workplace

Upper Limb

Your osteopath will work with you to determine the cause of your shoulder or elbow pain and decide on the appropriate courses of treatments or referral to a GP for additional medications or treatment.

Lower Limb

Your osteopath will assess you to find the root causes of your:

• Hip and/or groin pain
• Knee pain
• Ankle sprain
• Heel/Arch pain

After which, appropriate treatment plans including physical therapies, posture, stretching, and exercises, as well as medical referrals and recommendations.

Sports Injuries

Your osteopath can help prevent and treat various sporting injuries whether you are an elite athlete doing professional sports or simply just run or swim for general fitness.

The most commonly treated injuries include:

• Neck and back strains
• Shoulder, elbow and wrist injuries
• Hip and pelvic injuries
• Knee, leg and ankle injuries

Bursitis

Your osteopath will diagnose your bursitis after a complete medical history as well as performing a comprehensive orthopaedic and musculoskeletal examination. This is to see if there are any muscles, ligaments, tendons or joints that are aggravating the bursa.

Your osteopath will then work to relieve the pressure on your affected joints and on the bursa by using hands-on manual techniques.

Tendonitis

Your osteopath will help treat your tendonitis by looking to:

• Identify the cause like poor sport techniques or postural imbalances
• Reduce muscular tension and attempt to increase blood flow to your affected tendon through soft tissue massage and stretching.
• Create a management plan will hasten healing time and decrease pain so you can return to normal activity

Posture

You osteopaths can help improve your posture by providing tools and strategies that will:

• Improve muscular flexibility in your body
• Improve range of joint motion in the spine and extremities
• Give instructions on ‘good’ posture
• Provide advice on ideal ergonomics
• Teach the best exercises to strengthen postural muscles

Pregnancy

Your osteopath can help you manage different conditions before, during, and after pregnancy. Your osteopath will carefully choose the best treatment techniques that will maximise the safety and comfort of you and your growing baby

Request your booking now so we can start helping you manage your ailments.