Osteopathy
Osteopathy is a well-established and recognised system of healthcare, which lays its main emphasis on the structural and functional integrity of the body. It is distinctive by the fact that it recognises that on a daily basis, as humans, we absorb stress from many different sources. Osteopathy enables the patient and practitioner to discover the source of this stress and make alterations in the person’s daily habits, posture, work practices, other activities and body tissues that will allow the body to release this stress.
Osteopaths are almost unique in their understanding of the human body's innate healing power and how to best harness this self-correcting mechanism to return the patient to full health.
The aim of osteopaths is to facilitate normal function within the body and minimise the chances of any problem reoccurring in the future. This is achieved by focussing treatment on priority stresses to the body, this may sometimes mean treating areas that are not showing symptoms, removing the barriers that inhibit the body from healing itself.
Osteopaths spend a minimum of four years training in the medical sciences, and in addition are highly skilled in accurate diagnosis and treatment using their hands.
The treatment almost always consists of some form of physical touch / manual therapy, which may be very gentle and almost imperceptible or might require slightly more energetic intervention.