• Acute symptom management - we will help you to gain control of your symptoms in the early stages;
• Recovery phase - we will devise a programme to allow you to fully recover and return to your normal activities;
• Addressing the underlying cause of the problem- we will consider the causative factors and help you to address any problems that can predispose you to future recurrences;
• Maintenance programme - we will ensure that you know the strategies to employ in future to maintain your flexibility, strength and general fitness levels appropriate to your work and leisure.

Physiotherapists may use techniques such as:

• Exercises to stretch, strengthen or specially designed to restore movement and the ability to perform everyday activities;
• Soft tissue techniques;
• Mobilisation and manipulation of stiff and/or painful joints;
• Teaching you to manage your symptoms at home;
• Use of heat, ice and/or electrotherapy (TENS, ultrasound, etc).

What is Osteopathy?

Osteopathy is a Science and an Art of diagnosis, prevention and treatment of any mobility and motility restriction of the body tissues, such as joints, muscles, ligaments, organ and fasciae.

The Osteopath utilizes a manual approach to find and restore any problem in the framework (structure) of the body, enabling a better function of the body as a whole, increasing joint mobility, improving blood supply, nerve function and organ motion, reducing inflammation, pain, muscle tightness as well as other clinical conditions. Therefore, Osteopaths use a variety of stretching, mobilizing and manipulative techniques to improve health and quality of life. Although Osteopathy is known by the musculoskeletal approach, Visceral and Cranial treatment are part of the whole assessment of Osteopathic treatment which enable a better understanding of the cause of patients complaints, and as a consequence, a proper plan of treatment can be delivered.

Visceral Osteopathy is a technique of Osteopathy that uses a gentle hands-on therapy which works through the body’s visceral system (the heart, liver, intestines and other internal organs) to locate and alleviate abnormal points of tension, encouraging normal mobility, tone and motion of the viscera and their connective tissues, improving the functioning of individual organs, the systems the organs function within, and the structural integrity of the entire body.

Cranial Osteopathy

Cranial Osteopathy is a Technique that encourages the release of stresses and tensions throughout the body. It involves gentle touching of the head (cranium), the tail-bone (sacrum) or any other part of the body as appropriate, identifying subtle, rhythmical shape change that is present in all body tissues. This is called Involuntary Motion or the Cranial Rhythm. This rhythm was first described in the early 1900's by Dr. William G. Sutherland and its existence does still cause a lot of controversy.

Any tensions, physical or psycho-emotional, which remain held in the body can restrict its free movement. Gradually the body may find it more difficult to cope with accumulated stresses and symptoms which may develop. Problems that can be treated by Physiotherapy and Osteopathy: