OsTeopathy
Osteopathy is a system of diagnosis and treatment for a wide range of medical conditions, based on the principle that the way your body moves influences how it functions. For your body to work well, its structure must also work well, so osteopaths work to restore your body's ability to maintain itself in good, symptom-free function.
Osteopaths are highly trained, highly competent healthcare professionals, recognised by the NHS as fully qualified to diagnose and treat independently. Like doctors, they are fully regulated, and must undergo career-long continuing professional development to retain their registration each year.
SPORT
Sport is increasingly becoming a way of life, improving concentration and productivity, physical health and self-esteem. Optimal performance is dependent on efficient musculoskeletal function, and osteopathy has been widely adopted by athletes and coaches in a multitude of professional disciplines for its role in injury prevention and rehabilitation. Osteopathy goes beyond relief of immediate symptoms. It evaluates the function of the whole body, to identify neuromusculoskeletal predispositions to injury and barriers to healing, aiming to foster optimal performance and resistance to future breakdown.
BabiEs & Children
Children need help, too!
Throughout birth, childhood and all the demands of adolescence, our bodies undergo physical stresses which can lead to discomfort and injury. In newborns and infants this may present as unsettledness or difficulty feeding. Toddlers may appear angry, frustrated or avoid certain activities. Older children may complain of pain.
The postgraduate certificate in Specialist Paediatric Osteopathic Practice ensures your osteopath is trained to monitor your child’s growth and development milestones, identify the causes of unsettledness in infancy, and screen for the health of their nervous system, joints, muscles and ligaments and they grow.
WORKPLACE
Workplace physical and psychological demands are a common cause of musculoskeletal problems and related time off work (on average 20.5 days per year per person with a work-related musculoskeletal disorder). The cost of musculoskeletal disorders to employers, particularly through lost work time, is significant (11.6 million working days in the UK in 2004/5). This doesn't take into account reductions in productivity and morale due to poor physical health.
Research by the NHS has shown that rapid access to an osteopath can prevent or reduce this sickness absence, assisting in a rapid return to work. Osteopathic advice on workplace ergonomics also contributes to injury prevention