Osteopathy at ALC

Osteopathy is a method of diagnosing and treating structural and mechanical issues in the body to alleviate pain.

This gentle form of treatment is suitable for addressing various aches, pains, and strains in individuals of all ages. It is a natural therapy that incorporates manual “hands-on” techniques, exercise, and advice.

Benefits of Osteopathy

Osteopathy can provide many benefits for your continued health and wellbeing:

Naturally reduces pain and discomfort
Helps break up scar tissue and heal injuries
Improves quality of sleep
Increases the range of motion in joints
Corrects and reforms posture

Conditions We Treat

Although the majority of our patients present with back pain, we frequently diagnose and treat many other conditions:

Generalised aches and pains
Joint pains including hip and knee pain from osteoarthritis as an adjunct to core osteoarthritis treatments and exercise
Arthritic pain
General, acute & chronic backache, back pain (not arising from injury or accident)
Uncomplicated mechanical neck pain (as opposed to neck pain following injury i.e. whiplash
Headache arising from the neck (cervicogenic) / migraine prevention
Frozen shoulder/ shoulder and elbow pain/ tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) arising from associated musculoskeletal conditions of the back and neck, but not isolated occurrences