Osteopathy is not an orthopedic speciality, and not a pathology of the bones. It means we are using the bones to enter the body function...it is a manual medicine based on a health maintenance concep, and is treating the body as a all.

The osteopath will test the dysfunctions of the mobility of your tissues and will give back their mobility.

All the structures of your body are linked together: articulations, muscles, bones fascias, organs, cranium.... They all play an important function in the regulation of the physiology of your body (called homeostasie), and if these relations are altered, pain and other symptoms can occur...

Once the osteopath has found the restrictions with his observation and palpatory listening tests, he will treat the body in the different places where it needs "help" to regain energy and vitality.

How?

We use different techniques to treat the restrictions of mobility discovered :

- Muscular and ligamentar techniques (soft tissue work, stretchings, isometric contractions, massages).

- Articular techniques, on peripheral joints and vertebral joints (with direct or indirect manipulations).

- Functional techniques : Work on all the components of the joint (os, ligaments, capsules, muscles, nerves).

- Cranio-sacral techniques: work on the bones of the cranium, in balnce with the sacrum.

- Visceral techniques : work on articulations between the organs.

Each technique is choosen and adapted to the patient's needs.

Osteopathy can also help you during your pregnancy and after the delivery!

The developement of the foetus in your uterus, as well as the hormonal changes giving a ligamentar laxity, create tensions in the pelvis and in the whole body (with pain or not) which can be reduced by osteopathic treatments.
Moreover, it is always better to make sure that your pelvis is ready to deliver easely.
After the delivery, your body is aching, and more or less traumatised by this emotional event that birth is! Don't forget that it is the same for your baby...He also need some treatment.
The osteopath will use functional and cranio-sacral technique in order to enhanced a better quelity and mobility to your tissues.

Warning : An osteopathic treatment is not coming as a replacement to your normal check-ups to your GP or Gynaecologist, or to the preparatory classes for labour and deliveries. It is coming as a complementary help.

Sport osteopathy :

Osteopathy cnan be of a great help for pepople doing sport as a hobby or on a professional level!

Quite common are sports injuries, creating various pains or aches, or muscles and ligaments tensions, associated with lost of mobility!
An osteopath treats quite commonly all the following with some specific techniques:

• ligaments and muscles strains
• tennis and golfer elbow
• tendinitis
• foot, ankle knee, shoulder, wrist pain
• ...

Moreover the osteopath will reintegrate the joint or the affected area with the biomecanics of the body, helping for a quicker rehabilitation.
Numerous sports events are using osteopathy, why not you!
Don't hesitate to contact us for a treatment or to follow your sports clubs during your tournaments or trainings.

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