What is Osteopathy?
Osteopathy involves stretching, moving, and massaging a person’s muscles and joints with the aim to identify, treat, and prevent health issues.
The basis of osteopathy is the idea that an individual’s wellbeing relies on their bones, muscles, ligaments, and connective tissue functioning effectively together.
Osteopaths use physical manipulation, stretching and massage in order to help the body heal, reduce pain, relieve muscle tension, enhance the blood supply to tissues and increase the mobility of joints.
What are the benefits?
Osteopathy is known for its gentle approach, making it suitable for older people. Using a variety of touching, stretching, physical manipulation and massage but rarely joint adjustment, osteopathy relieves tension, induces the body’s natural healing mechanism, increases joint mobility, and increases the blood supply to veins and tissues.
Osteopathy will gently stretch the muscles and connective tissues surrounding the vertebrae and other joints, relieving pressure and strain and enhancing posture overall. Your Osteopathy will aim to enhance the joint’s movement and increase lymphatic drainage in the area to relieve pain. Additionally, you may receive strengthening exercises to be done at home to improve your mobility.
Eva Gorska
Eva runs the Monday Osteopathy clinic at Hoxton Health.
Leonie Campbell
Leonie runs the Wednesday Osteopathy clinic with us at Hoxton Health. Leonie is also an experienced Massage Therapist, before qualifying as an Osteopath.