What is Osteopathy?
Osteopathy is a manual form of physical
treatment, which places emphasis on the
structural and functional problems of the body.
Osteopathy is well recognised in having a
systematic approach to diagnosis and treatment.
Osteopathy understands how abnormal joint and
soft tissue functions can result in the breakdown
of body’s normal working pattern and, lead to
disturbances in postural care.
Incorrect joint movements with stress and poor
health and disease. This is why osteopathy is
effective for alleviating painful debilitating
conditions which arise from abnormalities in the
function of the body structure.
Osteopathy recognises much of the pain and
disability stems from damage caused to the body
by disease. Importantly functional integrity is
examined with emphasis on how the body parts are
interacting to bring about pain, and what is
needed to correct it and to get relief.
Back pain does not simply mean that pain is localised to the back. Often the root cause, can send pain to your buttocks legs and groin consequentially having far more remote distribution of symptoms. The commonly known” Sciatica Symptoms” reacts this way, with the nature of radiating pain from the lower back into legs bought on by pressure on nerves from the spine. Osteopaths are skilled in helping to correct the root of pain in order to give relief from pain and be more mobile.
The first sign of pain is a warning signal alarm bells from the bodies own defence system which will alert you, that problem needs attention. The severity intensity and distribution of pain pattern, are part of warning signal.
Injury prevention and better postural control are
the benefits of you get from osteopathic
treatment. A better functioning body which is
more capable of dealing with stress injuries and
mechanical distruption from falls and accidents.
A review of lifestyle, and overall postural
awareness, is helped with osteopathic treatment
to allow the whole body to function better, for
better performance without further injury. This
has particular relevance for the physically
active, manual workers and those from mothers to
sporting athletes.