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Osteopathy is one of the safest and effective treatments for patients with a great number of our health problems. Osteopathy aims to provide a rounded treatment taking into consideration birth, work, family and life style to try and change the way the patient perceives their disease and thus reduce the chances of re-injury.

It looks at the relationship between how well your body is working and its potential for change.

Osteopathy is holistic. When strains within the body are released, interconnections between different areas of the body are rebalanced, thus improving circulation and function. This leads naturally to an increase in vitality, allowing healing and relief to follow. It is also extraordinarily safe, with a risk of serious complications from treatment so low as to be virtually immeasurable.

Osteopathy is very effective at working with patients who have aches, pains and injuries because it looks at the causes of a problem. It is an Osteopath's aim to stop a problem or injury from re-occuring by reducing risk factors that led to the problem.

It works according to a number of well understood and commonsense principles, combining science and art;

A rigorous scientific knowledge base with great depth of logic and analysis.

The softer arts of understanding such as physical sensitivity, sympathy and empathy.

Osteopaths are trained to see a person as a whole, mind, body, spirit and environment.

In the UK Osteopathy is regulated by Government Statute, The Osteopaths Act of 1993.

Osteopathy today is a well established and respected profession, with patients including doctors, MP's and members of the royal family. All practitioners are trained full time (or equivalent part time) for four years, and are required by the regulator to update their skills (Continual Professional Development) every year. You can be assured that Osteopathy is very safe, and one of the most effective treatments available

www.osteopathy.org.uk