Your South London Osteopath

Your physical health

Feeling a bit rusty? You may not be an aging motor car but there is a kind of truth in that old saying:

Your whole body will work well if your physique is in good structural balance.

Imagine a car that has one of its front wheels not quite pointing straight. It may run well for a while, but after a few thousand miles, the tyre will wear out.

You may need:

• massage
• joint mobilisation
• joint manipulation

This breadth of approach will cover any of your precise physical needs.

Your treatment will not only target your symptoms but also the parts of your body that have caused the symptoms.

Although osteopaths treat many conditions, most people think of us as ‘back specialists’ and back pain is what osteopaths treat a lot of the time. We also, however, treat a range other conditions such as neck pain, sports injuries, arthritic pain, headaches, pregnancy back ache and many other symptoms.

Osteopaths assess and treat people of any age from the elderly to the newborn and from pregnant women to sports people.

Your visit

When you come into our clinic you will feel relaxed and at home. Please have a look at our what to expect page so that you can be reassured that you will receive a safe and effective treatment.

Your pain or soreness

Using touch, we find the areas which are sensitive or tight, and this helps us to identify what’s going on so that we are able to make a diagnosis.

We offer you a wide range of gentle manipulations, depending on your age, fitness and diagnosis.

Treatment is different for every patient but may include:

• Soft tissue massage
• Joint articulation to release tension, stretch muscles, help relieve your pain and mobilise your joints.
• Sometimes, when we move joints you may hear a ‘click’. This is just like the click people get when they crack their knuckles.
• We may discuss exercises that you can do to improve your posture and movement in your workplace and everyday life.
• Your osteopath may offer treatment using our ProBack Pulse machine.

Conditions we treat

• back and neck pain
• shoulder and arm problems
• pelvis, hip and leg problems
• sports and other injuries
• pregnancy back ache

However, patients have found osteopathy helpful for many other conditions. If you want to find out more please ask us. Please see our next page: Conditions treated?

Professionalism and safety

To qualify, an osteopath must study for four to five years for an undergraduate degree. This is similar to a medical degree, with more emphasis on anatomy and musculoskeletal medicine and includes more than 1,000 hours of training in osteopathic techniques. By law, osteopaths must register with the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC). It is an offence for anyone to call themselves an osteopath if they are not registered. The British Medical Association’s guidance for general practitioners states that doctors can safely refer patients to osteopaths.

Our Osteopaths:

Mardi Jamieson	Elda Becerro Nunez	Gillian Sheffer
	Alex Mackenzie

Prices:

For full details see our Price List.

For full details see our Price List.