What can osteopathy help with?

What can osteopathy help with?

A wide range of ailments or conditions are often referred to by a diagnosis. They may be of mechanical cause and can be treated.

Examples of this could be:

  • Babies with crooked heads, colic, restlessness, etc.
  • Headache
  • Migraine
  • Whiplash
  • Sinusitis
  • Biting and toothache
  • Torticollis
  • Dizziness
  • Neck pain
  • Frozen shoulder
  • Mouse arm
  • Rotator cuff problems
  • Tennis and golf elbow as well as tendinitis
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Disc herniation
  • Sprained ribs
  • Asthma-like conditions
  • COPD
  • Back pain
  • Pelvic loosening or locking
  • Sciatica
  • Osteoarthritis in the hips and knees
  • Jumper's and runner's knee
  • Knee surgery and meniscus injuries
  • Achilles tendon and heel pain
  • Ankle sprains
  • Learning problems for children at the start of school
  • Stomach pain, constipation, nervous stomach
  • Menstruation and pelvic discomfort
  • Incontinence

 

In the case of tissue damage, I often work around the damaged tissue.

Some conditions are not appropriate to treat directly: cancer, inflammation, infection and illness with fever. However, it may still be possible to treat the problem indirectly with good effect.

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