Written By Lynne Aiken

Osteopathy is a hands-on therapy that is used to reduce the strain patterns in the body. It was created by Andrew Taylor Still, a Surgeon in the American Civil War, in 1874. He was the son of a frontier doctor and lost his wife and children to Spinal Meningitis. Osteopathy makes the link between environment and health. It...

Advice from the General Osteopathic Council: You have decided to visit an osteopath. Before your first appointment: Check tha...

This practice offers osteopathic treatment to pregnant mothers and newborns (fathers and siblings are welcome to attend sessions). Osteopathy could help pregnant mothers with lower bac...

The Cranial technique was developed by William Garner Sutherland – an early student of Andrew Taylor Still who leaned more towards physiology. He observed the temporal bones in the skull an...

Osteopathy is able to help a wide variety of conditions, including (but not limited to): Back pain and backache (acute and chronic) Joint pain from osteoarthritis Hip and Knee pai...

What to bring to your Osteopathy treatment In order to get the most out of your treatment, it is a good idea: to bring a list of current medications and copies of any releva...