Patients range in age from babies to the very elderly. However, we practise complementary, not alternative, medicine and if you have a medical condition we ask you to see your doctor. Our practice is regulated by the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), a state registered body. The GOsC sets the standard for osteopathic education and requires us to keep up-to-date- with a yearly programme of continuing professional development. Our job is to help the body help itself. We work mostly on connective tissue, muscles, bones, joints, ligaments, tendons etc but we take a holistic approach and we look at the ways that these tissues relate to the body as a whole. As osteopaths, we have a highly developed sense of touch, which enables us to assess the quality of movement and to recognise subtle changes in the body’s tissues. We believe that a body that moves freely has the best chance of functioning well and shrugging off disease. All osteopaths have a four or five year training, during which they learn Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Neurology, Clinical skills, Embryology, Nutrition and Biomechanics. They also have over one thousand hours of clinical training.
