Spine Plus Osteopathy

Osteopathy originated in the late 1800’s as a form of treatment for many conditions using hands on manipulation of the body. Osteopathic manipulative techniques are similar to orthopaedic and physiotherapy manipulative techniques. Several manual therapies, including chiropractic, have since evolved from the treatment techniques originally used by Osteopaths. Today in the UK Osteopathy is a fully regulated health care profession and all Osteopaths are required by law to have completed the necessary 4 to 5 years of full time training. In order to diagnose and assess musculoskeletal problems throughout the body Osteopaths observe a client’s posture, use highly skilled palpation to feel for tight muscles and stiff joints and use detailed bed side orthopaedic and neurological tests. When it comes to treatment all Osteopaths receive extensive training in a wide range of “hands on” treatment techniques including joint manipulation, massage and many other soft tissue techniques. Due to this diversity in the range of Osteopathic techniques there can be considerable variation in different peoples’ experiences of seeing an Osteopath. At one end of the scale some Osteopaths tend to exclusively use vigorous high velocity thrust manipulation involving “clicking” the joints without any or only very little treatment applied to the soft tissues; whilst at the other end of the scale some Osteopaths will rely on extremely gentle “cranial” techniques and hardly ever perform the more vigorous techniques.

                                                SPINE PLUS Osteopathy

    Osteopathy +  massage +  medical acupuncture +  exercise advice + more…

If you are looking for a London Osteopath, you need look no further. At Spine Plus our Osteopaths take a thorough “no nonsense” approach. Where necessary this involves careful and precise Osteopathic joint manipulation, such techniques are only performed with the patient’s full consent. Our Osteopaths also use plenty of soft tissue techniques, including massage, applied to sore tight muscles. One of our hallmarks is that our Osteopaths use medical acupuncture / acupressure (depending on the patient’s preference). This requires additional postgraduate training which they have all undertaken. We have found medical acupuncture to be particularly effective when combined with traditional Osteopathic treatment. Also surplus to their standard Osteopathic training is training in the use of electrotherapy such as ultrasound which can be very useful for certain ligament and tendon problems. In addition our Osteopaths have considerable experience and special interest in sport which enables them to provide effective self help advice based on their training and personal experience.