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TESTIMONIAL


"If I only knew how much better I would feel after a course of osteopathic treatment I would have come a long time ago!" 56 year old patient from Byfield, Daventry

OSTEOPATHY

We care about you
 
Osteopathy is a healthcare profession that utilises a patient focused, physical approach to restoring, maintaining and promoting physical and psychosocial well being.

Osteopaths focus on the structure and function of the body and use massage, mobilisation and manipulative techniques to correct and normalise joint and tissue imbalances. 
 
Rather than being caused by a single incident, most back and neck disorders tend to result from a combination of:
  • Poor prolonged posture 
  • Faulty body mechanics 
  • Stressful living and poor working habits
  • Loss of strength and flexibility 
  • General decline in physical fitness

Months or years may pass before a combination of these factors results in an actual disorder. Recognising this dramatically changes the way back pain is managed, shifting emphasis from concentration on the acute phase when pain occurs, to the long-term prevention process.

Addressing each of these factors in patients' care can avoid recurring episodes of back and neck pain. Osteopathy can help alleviate pain and discomfort from by allowing the body to heal itself. Not only does it offer hands-on pain management, but it can also encourage optimal health as the body balances itself through treatment and starts to function without intrusion. One vital component of an osteopathic treatment plan is to make sure that once you are in good health, you remain that way. Our definitive aim is to re-establish and maintain your optimal health.


How can an osteopath make me better?

Firstly by understanding the cause of your pain and then treating that, rather than the pain itself. Osteopathy works by identifying the fundamental cause of pain with the aim of resolving it. There is no surgery or drugs involved. Painkillers only numb the pain. Osteopathy offers hands-on treatment which involves various techniques including soft-tissue massage, specific joint manipulation, cranial osteopathy (involving very gentle techniques on the cranial bones of the skull) and rehabilitative exercises, to aid in the short and long-term benefits of treatment. Treatment aims to regain the optimal function within the joints, ligaments, tendons and organs, in order that the intrinsic healing ability of the body is restored.

Remember that it may be bliss when your therapist has taken all your pain away, but it will probably come back unless the other contributing factors are addressed. Education, exercise and check-ups are the only things likely to work in the long term. Treatment can include some or all of the following techniques:

    • Soft-tissue massage
    • Joint manipulation
    • Gentle joint stretching
    • Rehabilitative exercise

Many common physical problems can be successfully treated using osteopathy. Osteopathic care is based on the principle that although the body is a self-healing organism it does occasionally require a helping hand.

We can help you take care of:
 
    • Acute/chronic low back pain, neuralgia
    • Sciatica, muscle spasm
    • Acute/chronic neck pain
    • Migraine prevention/headaches from the neck
    • Joint pains - shoulder, hip, knee
    • Cramp, inability to relax
    • Arthritic pain, rheumatic pain
    • Minor Sports injuries
    • Frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, fibromyalgia
    • Rheumatic pain, osteoarthritic pain of hip/knee
    • Circulatory problems, digestive problems