OSTEOPATHY

 

Joint problems and low back pain impact more between the age of 30 to 60.  Osteopathy is a holistic manual treatment that can complement any treatment procedures to fasten recovery from any joint, muscular, organ, spinal and neural problems. 

• Osteopathy uses a drug-free, non-invasive form of manual medicine that focuses on the health of the whole body, not just the injured or affected part.
• The osteopathic physician focuses on the joints, muscles, and spine.
• Osteopathic intervention can help treat arthritis, back pain, headaches, tennis elbow, digestive issues, and postural problems.
• Treatment can also assist with sleep cycles and the nervous, circulatory, and lymphatic symptoms
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What is Osteopathy

Osteopathy is a way of detecting, treating and preventing health problems by moving, stretching and massaging a person's muscles and joints. Osteopathy is based on the principle that the wellbeing of an individual depends on their bones, muscles, ligaments and connective tissue functioning smoothly together.

Students learn about expert hands-on as well as therapeutic techniques to improve circulation and correct postural problems and misalignments without using drugs or invasive procedures like surgery, etc. Also, how the right nutrition and yoga are integral to the regular well-being routine. 

1. An osteopath’s range of action is wider than other doctors. They consider the body as one whole unit. 
2. Osteopaths diagnose body structures that cause symptoms and diseases. Treatment processes restore the body’s inherent mechanisms to heal.
3. Osteopaths treat with the help of detailed knowledge of Anatomy and Physiology and all subjects of modern medicine. They use their highly trained hands as tools to achieve the desired results of proper alignment of bones and muscles, soft tissues and most importantly the fluids in our systems like lymphatics and the arterial system, and the cerebrospinal fluid.

Osteopaths use physical manipulation, stretching and massage with the aim of:

• increasing the mobility of joints
• relieving muscle tension
• reducing pain
• enhancing the blood supply to tissues
• helping the body to heal

They use a range of techniques, but not medicines or surgery.

When it's used

Most people who see an osteopath do so for help with conditions that affect the muscles, bones and joints, such as:

• lower back pain
• uncomplicated neck pain (as opposed to neck pain after an injury such as whiplash)
• shoulder pain and elbow pain (for example, tennis elbow)
• arthritis
• problems with the pelvis, hips and legs
• sports injuries
• muscle and joint pain associated with driving, work or pregnancy

If you're pregnant, make sure you seek advice from a GP or midwife about your symptoms before you see an osteopath. You should also make sure you see an osteopath who specialises in muscle or joint pain during pregnancy.

Effectiveness of osteopathy

Most research into techniques used in osteopathy tends to focus on general "manual therapy" techniques, such as spinal manipulation. Manual therapy techniques are used by physiotherapists and chiropractors, as well as osteopaths.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines on managing lower back pain and sciatica recommend manual therapy alongside exercise as a treatment option.

NICE also recommends manual therapy as a possible treatment option for osteoarthritis, although osteopathy is not specifically mentioned.

There's some evidence to suggest that osteopathy may be effective for some types of neck, shoulder or lower-limb pain, some types of headache, and recovery after hip or knee operations.

There's only limited or no scientific evidence that it's an effective treatment for conditions unrelated to the bones and muscles (musculoskeletal system), including:

• asthma
• period pain
• digestive disorders
• depression
• excessive crying in babies (colic)
• glue ear
• problems affecting the jaw (temporomandibular disorder)
• abnormal curvature of the spine (scoliosis)
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