Osteopathy

what osteopaths do

Osteopaths are practitioners of manual medicine. Put simply, osteopathy involves moving and manipulating the body to improve the way it functions.

The process is hands on, mechanical in nature, and uses a range of techniques, many of which people are already familiar with:

The average osteopath will use these first four approaches to directly mobilize the tight areas of the body. Hence, they are called direct techniques.

However, there are also a range of indirect techniques which are used when the practitioner feels that direct techniques might not be so effective. Pushing through tight barriers in the body is not always therapeutic, especially if the patient has a lot of pain. Sometimes, placing the body in a position of ease will reduce pain, creating the basis for most indirect techniques.

Indirect techniques are most commonly used by osteopaths, and this stands osteopathy apart from other manual therapies, such as chiropractic and physiotherapy.

what osteopaths treat

Osteopathy is a type of manual medicine that primarily targets the musculoskeletal system.

The process is hands on, mechanical in nature, and uses a range of techniques, many of which people are already familiar with:

The average osteopath will use these first four approaches to directly mobilize the tight areas of the body. Hence, they are called direct techniques.