Osteopathy

Osteopathy is a holistic (global) manual medicine aiming to treat the patient as a whole by taking into account the physical and psychic aspects, as well as the link between the two (body-mind link).

What is osteopathy?
What problems are treated?
Treatments
The medical devices
When to consult?

What is osteopathy?


Osteopathy relieves functional disorders, tensions or pain with the aim of diagnosing, relieving and preventing dysfunctions of all the structures of the human body. It is based on the principle of self-healing of the body, thus allowing the necessary adjustments to be made to treat the various symptoms and pathologies.  
Osteopathy is a preventive and curative medicine, which aims to restore the patient's overall balance in order to improve and maintain a good state of health.

What are the problems treated by osteopathy?

Its field of action is vast, osteopathy is interested in skeletal, articular, neuromuscular, tendinous, visceral, cranial, uro-gynaecological structures etc. It can also be useful as a complement to conventional medicine to relieve functional disorders, symptoms and compensations of the body.

 
This therapy is intended for everyone: newborns, children, adults, the elderly, sportsmen and women, pregnant women as well as patients undergoing post-traumatic treatment are eligible for osteopathy. 

Examples of symptoms treated by osteopathy: 

  • Cervicalgia with or without headaches, vertigo
  • Bruxism, orthodontic follow-up
  • Dorsalgia
  • Lumbago with or without sciatica
  •  Pain in the limbs, whether degenerative, post-traumatic or post-surgical
  • Abdominal pain, digestive disorders
  • Urogynaecological dysfunctions
  • Growing pains in children
  • Rheumatic pain
  • Postural disorders

What treatments are available?


In osteopathy, there are various techniques and treatment tools: 

  • Functional techniques: treatments carried out with very gentle movements to work in the direction of the body 
  • Structural techniques: treatments carried out by rapid manipulations ("cracking") in high velocity and low amplitude 
  • Myotensive techniques: treatments carried out by a sequence of contractions, active relaxation of the patient
  • Facial and tissue techniques: treatments performed through the fascias
  • Osteopathic mechanical link (OML)

We can also differentiate between visceral and cranial techniques which overlap these different basic techniques (functional, facial and tissue). They allow us to work on the organs, on the adhesions and to balance the nervous system.

What medical devices are used? 


Osteopathy is a manual therapy. A session lasts on average between 45 minutes and 1 hour and is divided into several phases: 

  • Anamnesis: the anamnesis corresponds to the moment of contact with the patient. The reason for the consultation, the symptoms, the potential complaints are then stated. The patient's medical history is discussed in order to draw up a file.
  • Clinical tests: this phase allows us to determine whether the patient should be referred for a medical check-up before continuing the treatment. 
  •  Treatment: following the osteopathic tests, the therapist will work on the various blockages, mobility limitations, imbalances and changes in tissue quality through the various techniques mentioned above, with the aim of restoring the patient's overall balance.

The session is a moment of sharing that allows us to answer all the patient's questions and to give him/her advice on how to improve his/her daily life and prevent the potential recurrence of disorders.

When to consult?


It is not necessary to wait for the symptom to consult, osteopathy being also a preventive medicine. It is interesting to do a complete check-up even before feeling any pain in order to anticipate and prevent, as well as to keep the benefits of the osteopathic follow-up in the long term. 
For a healthy adult, once or twice a year is ideal. A chronic pathology may require more regular follow-up.

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