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If you’re curious about people, interested in people and would like to help them with their health and wellbeing, then becoming an osteopath may be a great career choice. With good fitness, great communication skills and some business savvy, you could make a success out of helping a huge range of people from babies to…

Osteopathy, physiotherapy and chiropractic are three systems that approach the diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal and other conditions in different ways. Osteopaths see their profession as fundamentally scientific and which facilitates self-healing of the person by releasing the restrictions which cause blocks and tensions. Osteopathy views the function of the human body as being reliant…

Osteopathy is a profession which seeks to restore the body’s balance and enhance the natural healing mechanisms by adjusting the body’s tissues. They work on the connective tissues, joints, ligaments and muscles to reduce pain, improve movement and increase normal function. Osteopaths can help with sports injuries, sports performance, injury prevention and rehabilitation after injury…

Manipulation Manipulative techniques have been used by many cultures throughout history. Osteopaths can use low or high velocity thrusts in a larger or smaller amplitude, meaning the manoeuvre is slow or fast and occurs over a longer or shorter distance within the joint movement. The choice depends on the assessment and the clinical judgement of…

You may well feel uncertain when attending for an appointment with an osteopath for the first time. You will likely have lots of questions and this article attempts to answer the most common ones. The Consultation Osteopaths are independent professional practitioners, regulated by law and competent to assess, examine and treat people who walk in…

Cranial osteopathy is a branch of osteopathy which relates to the anatomy and physiology of the head. It is also referred to as craniosacral therapy or cranial therapy. It is one of a variety of manipulative techniques used by osteopaths. Cranial osteopaths are highly trained to use the sense of touch to recognise small changes…

During pregnancy a woman’s body undergoes enormous changes in many of its systems, quite apart from the need to support up to 20lbs of extra weight. These changes occurs in a relatively short time and the scale of the adaptation needed in the hormonal, muscular, skeletal and emotional systems is very great. This typically results…

As we age, changes occur in our bodily systems, including our muscles, joints, bones, discs and many other tissues. In many cases this does not cause any particular pain or disability beyond the occasional aches and pains we all get from time to time. An osteopath can assess, treat and manage a wide variety of…

Osteopaths use a wide variety of treatments to manage pain and encourage normal function in their patients. Once of those treatments in acupuncture, one of the many therapies in traditional Chinese medicine. Very fine needles are inserted into the skin to stimulate the flow of ‘Qi’, often written chi and pronounced chee. This is the…

The UK has three major manual therapy professions – osteopathy, chiropractic and physiotherapy. However, there is widespread confusion about the differences and similarities between the three professions. Which one should I choose if I have this or that problem? Are they the same? Manual Therapy Manual therapy has been used since ancient times to treat…