Thursday, 4:00pm to 6:00pm, with Nicola.
Osteopathy
Nicola Rist takes a whole-body approach to osteopathy, gentle enough for babies through cranial osteopathy, thorough enough to get to the root of adult aches and pains. Read on to see what osteopathy can help with, and how cranial osteopathy works.
Osteopathy is a gentle form of manual therapy for musculoskeletal pain, suitable for adults, children and the elderly. Osteopathy looks at the whole body rather than just the painful spot, Nicola checks whether tension or restriction in one area, your hips, say, might be affecting another, your lower back, before carrying out a careful clinical assessment and treating with gentle mobilisation, manipulation and soft tissue techniques suited to what she finds.
Techniques we may use
What it can help with
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Frequently asked questions
There's crossover, both treat musculoskeletal pain, but osteopathy looks at the body as a whole, checking whether tension or restriction in one area is affecting another, rather than focusing treatment on just the painful spot. Physiotherapy tends to be more exercise and rehab-led. Many patients find one suits them better than the other, and some use both for different things.
Yes. It's a very gentle, subtle technique using light pressure rather than the manipulation used elsewhere in osteopathy. It's commonly used with babies and young children, and Nicola has completed further postgraduate training specifically in this area.
Wear whatever feels comfortable and allows movement in the area that needs attention.
No, you can book directly.
Yes, by appointment, for anyone who can't easily get to the clinic.
