What Happens in a Treatment Session?
Treatment Sessions
First of all the osteopath needs to take the time with you to listen carefully to your case history. The osteopath will discuss with you the issue/s that you have come to talk about, the symptoms, when they developed etc. and any changes in either the symptoms or your general health since the onset of the problem.
The Osteopath will also ask you questions about your general health, any medication you take and your past medical history. This allows us to build up a “holistic” picture, looking not only at the symptoms, but also at your lifestyle etc. so that we can understand why the problem has arisen. Then the osteopath needs to do an examination of your body in order to make an evaluation of your physical condition.
The osteopath will look at your body, assess your posture and observe how your spine and other joints move. Any appropriate tests, such as taking your reflexes or blood pressure, will be performed, and then your osteopath will gently feel the tone of your muscles, and examine the joints of the body in order to make a holistic diagnosis.
The osteopath will then discuss his or her findings with you. If it is appropriate, then you will have an osteopathic treatment on your first visit, and a plan will be discussed with you about the need for follow ups (if required), exercises or lifestyle advice.
What do I need to wear?
Usually you will need to get undressed down to your underwear, so please wear underwear in which you will feel comfortable.
Does treatment hurt?
Our treatment is typically very gentle and usually does not hurt. Our osteopaths use a wide range of osteopathic techniques to suit the individual patient’s needs, ranging from the more traditional osteopathic approaches using gentle but specific massage techniques, articulation (movement) of joints and manipulative (clicking) techniques, to the more subtle techniques. Our osteopaths are all highly trained and will the best approach for you.
Talk to us today to see how we can help
Give our team a call on 01636 611644 or fill in the online appointment form to book in to see an Osteopath.
What sort of things can you help me with?
Back Pain
Most people will suffer with back pain at some time in their lives. Our western lifestyle, working, sitting, perhaps not getting the rounded exercise we might do, everything seems to put a strain on our backs. Problems vary from the mildly irritating to the unbearable. Osteopaths train over many years to understand the way a spine functions, and how that is linked with your history and lifestyle. Each case is assessed very carefully, and a picture is built up – how did it come to this? What is the way forward? We can help nearly every case we see, but the solution will be tailored to your situation; Hands on treatment to align, relax and balance your spine Careful work with our hands on tight and painful muscles Work on postural and structural makeup to recover the natural ease and lift in a spine Possible lifestyle issues, including habit and exercise Once these issues are addressed the spine has natural powers of healing and recovery, and it is this that an Osteopath encourages. Call to speak to an Osteopath, or pop in and have a chat to see whether we might be of assistance.
Aches and Pains
Whether it is from an accident, an act of physical heroism or something that just comes out of nowhere, aches and pains can become a depressing constant in one’s life. Osteopathy exists primarily to help your body heal itself properly and permanently, so you can get on with your life. The treatment is not rocket science, just relaxing, straightening and organising the body so it can do what it is designed to, heal up and get better. This explains why Osteopathy is so successful; it just encourages something which is natural, what the body is trying to do anyway. Some things just need the occasional visit as and when, others steady treatment over a period. We will discuss this all with you at your first visit. Discover what many thousands already have, a body that works after Osteopathic treatment.
Headaches
Headaches can be so frustrating. Whether it is time of the month, stress at work or whiplash, many many people suffer for years, even lifetimes with headache. They can vary from the occasional twinge to the truly awful. We are trained to diagnose your headache, taking a detailed case history. If something doesn’t sound quite right we can advise you about scans etc., for reassurance that nothing more serious is wrong, Many people wrongly worry about their headache when the problem is not serious, Men in particular will often suffer head pain stoically for years. Let us have a look using our careful, expert approach and we will let you know clearly what we think is going on and what can be done to help or solve your problem.
Sports Injuries
Sports injuries often require something of a specialist approach in management. Often result of pushing outside performance envelopes (as opposed to the more usual shrinking performance envelopes), healing requires rest and graduated return to activity with treatment to optimise healing rates and address biomechanical disadvantage locally and generally as an integrated machine. For example, many if not most ankle and knee mistracks can be traced back to the spine and pelvis alignment. Osteopaths bring particular skills to this problem, along with our sports therapist, personal trainers, and dietary specialists. There is the further question of human blueprinting, getting 100% of the structure’s function by dealing very precisely with alignment and legacy tissue change (scarring, adhesions etc), and inappropriate neurological sensitivity (pain syndromes, facilitation etc). We have various useful specialists in the field, ask reception to speak to an Osteopath for more details.
At Newark Osteopaths we can help with the following:
Back Pain | Hip Pain | Arm & Elbow Pain | Knee Pain | Foot Pain | Classical Osteopathy