COVENTRY CENTRE OF OSTEOPATHY

Osteopathy is a safe and natural approach to healthcare and recovery from injury, without using drugs. Instead, osteopaths work with their hands using a wide range of treatment techniques, such as soft tissue and neuro-muscular massage, joint mobilising techniques and corrective manipulations designed to improve the mobility and range of movement of a joint. With their highly trained sense of touch, osteopaths use these manual techniques both to discover underlying causes of pain and to carry out treatment. Its main strength, however, lies in the unique way the patient is assessed from a mechanical, functional and postural standpoint and the way that treatment is planned to suit the needs of the individual patient. Osteopaths spend most of their professional lives dealing with pain.

Our role is to alleviate pain, improve mobility and to make patients' lives more comfortable. Osteopathy focuses on the musculo-skeletal system (the bones, joints, muscles, ligaments and connective tissue) and the way this inter-relates with the functioning of the body as a whole. Osteopathy is a distinct system of diagnosis and treatment which compliments and supports orthodox medicine. It combines a scientific knowledge of the orthodox medical sciences with specialised methods of evaluation and treatment.

Osteopaths treat the mechanical and biomechanical component of disease. Backache, which affects 4 out of 5 people at some time in their lives, is the most common complaint treated by Osteopaths. Osteopathy does not only treat backs. Osteopathic techniques lend themselves to the safe and effective treatment of a wide range of conditions.