About Osteopathy
What is an Osteopath
Developed by medical doctors in the 1870’s in the USA, Osteopathic medicine is one of the original hands-on, western professions for assisting musculoskeletal, and neuromuscular health. Osteopaths are becoming widely known for their full body approach to examining, diagnosing and treating pain.
When we move, our whole body needs to work together as one unit with joints and muscles all integrating with each other. Not one joint and one muscle at a time. Osteopaths look at the body as one unit, not in isolated areas. They diagnose the ‘pain causing tissue’, but aim to find the true, or primary cause. For example, other restricted spinal joints, tight adjacent muscles and areas of weakness or instability that may be causing pain somewhere else.
Osteopaths are highly trained to examining, diagnose, educate and treat using a wide variety of hands-on techniques to influence the spinal vertebrae, joints, muscles, ligaments nervous system, circulatory system and the health of your internal organs. Our Osteopaths have completed a Bachelor of Applied Science and a Masters of Osteopathy and are AHPRA registered practitioners.
When we move, our whole body needs to work together as one unit with joints and muscles all integrating with each other. Not one joint and one muscle at a time. Osteopaths look at the body as one unit, not in isolated areas. They diagnose the ‘pain causing tissue’, but aim to find the true, or primary cause. For example, other restricted spinal joints, tight adjacent muscles and areas of weakness or instability that may be causing pain somewhere else.
Osteopaths are highly trained to examining, diagnose, educate and treat using a wide variety of hands-on techniques to influence the spinal vertebrae, joints, muscles, ligaments nervous system, circulatory system and the health of your internal organs. Our Osteopaths have completed a Bachelor of Applied Science and a Masters of Osteopathy and are AHPRA registered practitioners.
Conditions Osteopaths can treat
- Neck and Back pain
- Arthritis and Joint Pain
- Sciatica and other peripheral nerve pain
- Headaches & Migraines
Vertigo - Repetitive strain Inury (RSI) and overuse injuries
- Pain in hips, knees, ankles and feet
- Acute & Chronic Injuries
- Rehabilitation for musculoskeletal strains, sprains, injuries
- Pregnancy-related discomfort
- Tendonitis & Bursitis
Techniques used by Osteopaths
Osteopaths use techniques including:
Please note that spinal manipulations are only ever done if absolutely necessary and with the patient’s full consent. There are many other forms of treatment that can improve joint mobility just as well.