WELCOME

PHILOSOPHY

Welcome to the Osteopath Clinic. Here you can find out more about osteopathy and some of the treatments it involves. You can also find the right exercises for you, depending on where your pain is.

Just use the links at the top of the page to move around the site.

Osteopathic medicine holds that true health involves complete physical, mental, and social well being, rather than merely the absence of disease. The body is viewed as having the capacity for health that the osteopath can help the individual fulfil.

The Osteopath therefore treats the whole patient, considering such factors as nutrition and mental habits in addition to the physical symptoms.

WHAT IS OSTEOPATHY?

Osteopathy is an established system of diagnosis and treatment that lays its main emphasis on the structural and functional integrity of the body. Osteopathy is primarily a manual treatment. It is based on the principle that health depends on the maintenance of proper relationship among the various parts of the body.

According to osteopathic theory, defects in the musculoskeletal system – muscles, bones, and joints – influence the natural function of internal organs. To correct structural abnormalities, osteopathic treatment, with the hands or by mechanical means, is used.

The practitioner, the osteopath, may use manual treatment alone or in combination with the other practitioners such as your GP or other specialist, depending on the needs of the individual patient.