FAQ's
What is the difference between an Osteopath, Chiropractor and Physiotherapist?
"What is the difference between an Osteopath, Chiropractor and Physiotherapist?" has to be the most frequently asked question when patients visit the practice and I will have an honest attempt at answering it. Read more........
Why does my back hurt?
Back pain is a broad area and the reasons for it are multiple. The back pain you want to come and see me about is mechanical back pain and this, I will be able to deal with for you, educate you comprehensively so that you can self manage effectively. Read more.......
What is Osteopathy?
Osteopathyis a therapeutic approach to natural health care based on the philosophy that good bodily structure and functional fluidity are the means to optimal health. Read more.....
What do Osteopaths treat?
Back pain / Sciatica / All peripheral mechanical joint pain / and Read More......
Who can Osteopaths treat?
Osteopathy is a philisophical approach to health care which is to say we can approach anyone and treat them osteopathically. The popular misconception is that osteopaths "crunch bones" and this is misleading. Read more .....
What is frozen shoulder?
"My GP says I have got frozen shoulder" This is what I hear nearly everytime a patient who visits me with shoulder pain. Read more....
What is a slipped disc?
"I have got slipped discs can you just pop them back in for me" Slipped discs are the movement of the nucleus pulposus the internal fluid part of intervertebral discs through the annulus fibrous the tough fibrocartilagenous part of the intervertebral disc. Putting the nucleus back into the annulus would be similar to trying to put toothpaste back into the tube you have just squeezed it from. Read more....
Can you get Osteopathy on the NHS?
Yes.........But it depends upon where you live, some Hospital trusts have contracted with osteopaths for years and PCTs also. Read more....
Osteopaths put patients at the centre of our practice we want to help you be healthier.