Officer Osteopath

Our Osteopathic clinic is located within a short distance of Officer. We may be able to help you with your back pain, neck pain, headaches, sporting injuries or RSI.

Osteopathy near Officer

Osteopathy is most similar to physiotherapy, physio, chiropractic, chiro and podiatry.  Osteopathy is one of fourteen regulated healthcare professions in Australia, alongside, Chinese Medicine, Chiropractic, dental practice, medicine, nursing, midwifery, occupational therapy, optometry, pharmacy, physiotherapy, podiatry & psychology. Osteopaths must be registered with the Osteopathy Board of Australia. Training to be an osteopath in Australia requires the successful completion of a five-year full-time university degree. An osteopathic holistic approach to health, stresses the importance of the musculoskeletal system in a person’s health and well-being. 

The study of ‘biomechanics’ – how each part of the musculoskeletal system interacts with and influences every other part – is central to osteopathy. Any joint or muscle injury must be treated as part of the whole body, since other parts of the musculoskeletal system will also be affected. For example, an ankle injury may mean that the patient limps and favours the other foot. Over time, this imbalance can lead to other injuries, such as soreness in the other ankle, knee or hip, or perhaps back pain. 

Your osteopath near Officer  can devise a strategy of treatment that takes your whole musculoskeletal system into account. Attention is also given to other systems of the body – such as the circulatory, nervous and lymphatic systems – since these all play significant roles in the healing process. Other health professions such as physiotherapy, chiropractic and podiatry may not place such a strong focus on these areas in combination. 

Hands-on osteopathic treatment near Officer.

An osteopath near Officer focuses on your whole body, including the soft tissues (such as muscles, ligaments and tendons), the spine and nervous system, and may use a variety of different hands-on methods, including, spinal manipulation, peripheral manipulation, soft tissue massage techniques, gentle rhythmic joint movements, stretching muscles and joint capsules.

Lifestyle and environmental factors

Although osteopathy is best known as a form of hands-on medicine, osteopaths may also refer you on to other healthcare providers, such as physiotherapy, physical therapy, chiropractic and podiatry and are able to offer advice on injury prevention, pain management and rehabilitation programs.

Osteopathy encourages you to take responsibility for your own long-term health and wellbeing and can help you find out which lifestyle and environmental factors may be contributing to your condition. These may include poor posture, stress or the need for ergonomic furniture.

An osteopath may work out a range of treatments, including individual exercise routines, relaxation techniques or body awareness sessions, which show you how to move your body in gentler ways. 

Shockwave Therapy near Officer

Shockwave Therapy near Officer may help with your elbow pain, shoulder pain, back pain, hip pain, knee pain, ankle pain, foot pain. Shockwave therapy is a multidisciplinary device used in orthopaedics, physiotherapy, osteopathy, chiropractic, podiatry, sports medicine, urology and veterinary medicine. Its main assets are fast pain relief and mobility restoration. Together with being a non-surgical therapy with no need for painkillers makes it an ideal therapy to speed up recovery and cure various indications causing acute or chronic pain. 

Shockwave Therapy is an acoustic wave which carries high energy to painful spots and musculoskeletal tissues with subacute, subchronic and chronic conditions. The energy promotes regeneration and reparative processes of the bones, tendons and other soft tissues. 

Shockwave Therapy near Officer may help with your elbow pain, shoulder pain, back pain, hip pain, knee pain, ankle pain, foot pain.

Dry Needling near Officer

Trigger point dry needling is a treatment technique, which uses small filament type needles to release tight muscles with the goal of permanently reducing muscle pain and dysfunction

Dry needling treats the neuromuscular system affecting muscle tightness, joint mobility, and symptoms of pain and irritation. Our highly regarded osteopaths near Officer may use dry needling to help with your low back pain, headaches, shoulder pain, elbow pain, wrist pain, thumb pain, back pain, low back pain, hip pain, glut pain, hamstring injury, knee injury, knee pain, shin splints, achillies pain, heel pain & foot pain.

Book in with one of our Osteopaths near Officer to find out how dry needling can help you. 

For more information on the treatments above call Beaconsfield Sports & Spinal 8764 7854. Osteopathy in Berwick