What is Osteopathy?

Essentially it is a philosophy of natural health care. Manual techniques are the main form of treatment. These techniques include very gentle functional techniques, a whole array of soft tissue massage techniques, muscle energy techniques and also high velocity thrust techniques. We also use Electrotherapies like Ultrasound.

These techniques are our tools, we select the correct tool to fix your problem, depending upon its origin (which system that is in difficulty, neuro- muscular, skeletal, visceral). We will also combine techniques if necessary to promote the natural healing of the body. A vital aspect of our practice is that we will talk to you about your problem, explain it to you so that you understand it. You do not have to be anxious about it but become knowledgeable about your problem, understanding, why it hurts and most importantly what to do if it does start hurting again.

Ultimately Osteopathy is about preventing injury from happening in the first place. Inevitably the ideal doesn't feature much in reality, and so after having identified the cause of injury, our concerns are in designing management and treatment. Our objective is to promote the most rapid return to a normal way of life as quickly and safely as possible. Empowering patients and giving them knowledge and reassurance, that what they are doing, is the best in the context of your problem, endorsed by best scientific knowledge to date.

We are here to ensure, to the best of our abilities your quality of life is unimpeded so that you can go about your daily life pain free and happy!

"If this is of interest and you want to know more just call and make an appointment to see Angus or Samantha."