Osteopathy
“An osteopath is only a human engineer, who should understand all the laws governing his engines and thereby master disease.”
What is Osteopathy?
Osteopathy is a science and an art. Its philosophy embraces the concept that it unifies the body's structure and function in health and disease.
The science includes the chemical, physical and biological components of the body relating to the maintenance of health, and the prevention, cure and alleviation of disease.
The art is the application of gentle hands-on techniques by the practitioner to utilize their assessment tools to determine the dysfunction in one's body relating to the human personality, looking at factors such as;
Past history
Familial history
Physical state
Mental state
How does Osteopathy work?
Much of people's pain and dysfunction stems from abnormalities in the function and structure of the body. The goal of an osteopath is to regain the normal equilibrium of the form and function for good health. The practitioner helps achieve this by using their knowledge of the anatomical, physiological and psychological structure and function of the human body making corrections to allow the body to heal itself.
Your body does the healing, the practitioner is the vector facilitating the body back to its equilibrium.
Not one treatment is the same as the body begins to reorganize and restructure itself with the help of manual osteopathic therapy.
Take a look at what some our Osteopathy patients have to say!
