What is Osteopathy?
Osteopathy can help relieve pain, restore your mobility and improve the quality of your health.
What is Osteopathy?
As osteopaths, we are trained to diagnose, treat and help prevent ill-health caused by musculoskeletal disorders – that means problems with your body’s bones, muscles, cartilage, tendons, ligaments, joints and other connective tissue. However, problems in the framework of your body can disturb the circulatory system or nerves to any part of the body, so they can affect any aspect of health – not just aches and pains in joints and muscles. That’s why we treat the whole person, not just the symptoms. And it’s why we are able to treat such a wide range of symptoms in adults and children, including babies. We work to restore your musculoskeletal system to a state of balance. We consider each person as an individual and will ask questions about your condition and general health, as well as examining you. We then use gentle techniques that work with your body and encourage the healing process.
Our aim is not just to ease your pain, but for you to know how best to look after yourself and your health for the future.
Some of the ailments we may aid relief from:
- Arthritic pain
- Back/neck pain
- Shoulder, hip and knee pain
- Sciatica
- Ligament or tendon damage
- Repetitive strains
- Aches & pains aggravated by
- Pregnancy
- Muscle spasm
- Sports injuries
- Tension
Qualifications and professional standards
To become a qualified osteopath, you have to gain an osteopathic degree and undertake over 1,000 hours of training in osteopathic techniques. An osteopathic degree is similar to a medical degree but it focuses more on anatomy and musculoskeletal medicine. By law, osteopaths also have to register with the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), the profession’s statutory regulator. This body sets and maintains UK standards for osteopathy. The GOsC require osteopaths to renew their licence to practise every year, and to have 30 hours of continued professional development, adequate insurance in additional to good health and character.
You can always check if an osteopath is registered by searching the GOsC’s online register at www.osteopathy.org.uk
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