What is osteopathy and how can it help?

What is Osteopathy?

“Osteopathy is a system of diagnosis and treatment for a wide range of conditions. It works with the structure and function of a body, based on the principle that the well-being of an individual depends on the skeleton, muscles, ligaments and connective tissues functioning smoothly together.”
General Osteopathic Council (GOsC)

Osteopaths believe your structure must work well in order for your body to work well.

We use a variety of manipulation techniques, including joint adjustments and mobilisations, muscle stretching and soft tissue massage and myofascial release to increase your mobility, relieve muscle tension and improve blood and nerve supply to tissue.

Our aim is to enhance your body’s own healing mechanism.

Who Do We Treat?

From the very young to the very old, pregnant women, sports players or those with work-related problems, osteopathy can help. Each person comes with his or her own set of needs and we strive to help.

Back Pains and More

Problems with your back may not only produce pain in your back. They can often cause symptoms elsewhere, such as your legs, arms, groin, hips and buttocks. Problems in your spine or neck can lead to headaches, dizziness, jaw problems, pins and needles and many more.

Research has shown that 60% of us will be affected by such issues at some time.

An osteopath is skilled in diagnosing the nature of your problem and its underlying causes. We will refer you for further investigations if necessary or, if we can, begin your treatment and place you on the road to recovery.

NICE (The National Institute for Clinical Excellence) guidelines recommend osteopathic manipulative therapies, acupuncture and/or a structured exercise programme to help low back pain. We offer all these therapies in conjunction with one another in a plan to suit your needs.

Not Just Backs!

Osteopaths do not only specialise in back problems. Our success in treating back and neck pain has led to osteopathic treatment being synonymous with these issues. However, we treat the whole musculoskeletal system – our structure: bones, joints, muscles, tendons and ligaments. This means the conditions we treat are far too many to list – from pain in your jaw or a headache to big toe stiffness, from a frozen shoulder to knee pain. We aim to diagnose and treat not only the tissues causing you a problem, but the biomechanical chain which leads to strain on that area. From sports or dance injuries to repetitive strain injury, whether treating the mechanical changes women undergo during pregnancy or aiding recovery in a child with a growing frame, osteopathic principles still apply.

The Problem is Not Always Where the Pain is.

Did you know:

Shoulder injuries suffered during throwing sports may have a lack of hip flexibility as a root cause?
Recurrent hamstring injuries could be caused by poor spinal posture?
We may suffer Achilles tendinopathy because of tension in any of our posterior chain muscles (calves, hamstrings, lower or upper back muscles)?

Osteopathy and Pregnancy

Osteopathic treatment during pregnancy is a wonderful, gentle way of helping the body to adapt to the changes that are taking place.

The safety of mother and baby is our first concern. After a thorough assessment, careful treatment may help to relieve some of the musculoskeletal symptoms associated with pregnancy. These may include low back pain, groin or pelvic pains, leg pain or wrist problems.

Osteopathy for pregnancy is not new. We have been helping new mothers through the rigours of pregnancy and childbirth for many years. Many women report feeling better-prepared to face labour after a course of osteopathic treatment.

A wide variety of gentle techniques are used to help a woman cope with the muscular and ligamentous strains placed on her body by its changing shape. These are supplemented by appropriate exercises and postural advice.

The first few months of motherhood can also be a physically challenging time. With a body still recovering from carrying a baby for 9 months, and all the physical demands of a newborn, many mothers find osteopathic treatment helps them to stay healthy.

Emyr Lloyd-Jones is very thorough and has a firm touch which gets to the root of the problem. He takes the time to ask for the symptoms and suggests ways to improve the issue. He is also very personable and makes the session as pleasant as possible.

I had not previously used an osteopath. Emyr was great at explaining what would happen and was very reassuring.

Brilliant knowledgable good calm manner explains everything well in a language you understand

Emyr has helped with a course of treatment on two separate occasions, once for my back and once for a shoulder issue. Excellent treatment, advice, explanations and a very reassuring bedside manner, Emyr is clearly highly experienced and knowledgeable and I would very much recommend him.

Fantastic trigger point acupuncture that keeps my headaches away. Much more effective that traditional acupuncture this was just what I needed and released so much tension in my back and neck. Emyr is a lovely Welshman puts you at ease from the off. 5 stars he has a huge reputation amongst my friends who also see him.

Emyr has always been able to pinpoint the problems I have had with my back and been able to manipulate it to allow the pain to go away and for me to be aligned again. He is a miracle worker!

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