What Are The Different Types Of Hands-On Osteopathic Treatments?
Osteopathic treatment is dated back to the late 1800s, where it was started as a different treatment method from conventional medicine. In a bid to reduce prescription drug' dependence and their effects when they bioaccumulate, osteopathy was adopted to induce the body self-healing process by removing the road-blocks that prevent the body's significant self-healing ability.
It is not all the time that patients need prescription drugs. Other times patients only need a touch of the healing hands. Manipulation of the body muscles, soft tissues, joints, and bones can help a lot in triggering the natural defence response to body pains. This is what osteopathy serves to achieve at its best.
Benefits of Osteopathy treatment.
- Relive body pains from the head, joint and muscles.
- It can reduce menstrual cramp pains
- It improves the body balance and coordination of the muscles.
- It improves respiratory function.
- It helps fight insomnia and improve the quality of sleep.
Osteopathy includes different hands-on treatments to achieve the goal of relieving pain and triggering self-healing of the body. Some of them are as discussed below.
Soft tissue massage
Unlike normal body muscle massage, soft tissue massage entails using techniques that release the pressure on soft tissues without hurting them in any way. With the mention of soft tissues, we refer to body parts that require a lot of care in any manipulation so that pain is not triggered or felt. Gentle tissue massage is of different types and is performed by an experienced osteopath to avoid the risks of hurting the areas.
Joint manipulation
The proper location of joints aids body coordination and movement. Joints manipulation can restore the imbalances and pain arising from dislocated and dry joints. Joint manipulation can be painful from the nerve endings that are associated with most joints. However, with an experienced osteopath, the joint manipulation technique is carefully used to have patients return to their regular movement.
Gentle joint articulation and manipulation.
Articulation and manipulation exercises are done to joints by moving them in their natural range of motion patterns. This way, joints are relieved of any pains that could be arising from inflammation. Gentle joint articulation is done without the use of much force to calmly achieve results.
The techniques used by osteopaths can be grouped into different categories. However, most of them fall under either of the broad groups discussed above.
Osteoplace is the home for osteopathy in the heart of Bulimba. The facility has experienced and qualified osteopath who offers different ranges of hands-on physical treatment to relieve body pains. You can contact Osteoplace to book an appointment with their osteopaths and enjoy the services of the most professional osteopaths in Australia.