Joint Solutions

Our main aim in treatment is to help achieve a high level of mechanical stability, allowing each patient to reach optimum function and health. Babies and Children; from the physical trauma of birth to problems with development that can occur as a child grows. Teenagers; whose body framework needs to adjust as they are growing, and who are often very active.

A. Osteopathy is a discipline concerned with the way in which the different parts of the body relate to one another and the ways in which problems in one area can cause pain and discomfort in another.

Osteopaths then treat manually, by applying a variety of techniques to muscles, ligaments and fascia, by mobilising joints and through these techniques, restoring proper function to the "musculo-skeletal" system - i.e. the muscles and joints and the way the various parts all move together.A. At OUR clinic, not very different.

The reason for this article, is simply, that we refer to fascia fairly frequently when discussing things with patients, and yet the majority of the population aren't really aware of it or it's significance in health, injury and treatment. I should probably begin this by stating that this article is more about what I personally do, as an osteopath!