While there are many benefits to manual osteopathy in a lot of different dysfunctions of the body, practitioners use this technique of manual osteopathy and their whole-body approach that effectively deal with problems that affect the joints, muscles, and nervous system.
Osteopathic Manual Treatment is regarded as the hands-on treatment used by manual osteopathic practitioners. Apart from being a gentle and non-invasive treatment, manual osteopathy mainly focuses on finding the main cause of the pain. The use of these techniques can treat different dysfunction in the body especially respiratory disorders including asthma, irritable bowel syndrome, and headaches. Although lower back pain is regarded as the common reason people seek reputable manual osteopaths such as those from AH Massage And Acupuncture, they offer so much more than just back or joint pain. Also, these professional osteopaths inspect all the body systems such as visceral, neurological, cardiovascular, and musculoskeletal, this is the reason why manual osteopathy treatment in Edmonton stands out the most.
Another benefit of consulting reputable manual osteopathic practitioners is that they do not rush their appointments and treatments as they perform a full health assessment, at the beginning of the 55-minutes treatment focusing on the patient. Also, they will be explaining each and every step of the treatment and why they think this is causing discomfort, this will help patients to learn more about their bodies.
Another main focus is the recovery of the patient, this is why manual osteopaths focus on the treatment of dysfunction and leave it alone. Although some treatments may not be what the body requires, reputable manual osteopaths will refer patients to alternative modalities to help, even after their first appointment. They can even refer them to another practitioner in another practice to assist with their recovery. There is also flexibility as patients are given a chance to exercise at the end of each session to assist with muscle imbalances and pain.
Seeing a manual osteopath offers a lot of benefits and some of which may include:
- Hands-on, non-invasive
- Gentle
- Whole-body approach
- Heal many systems to get to the main cause of pain
- Heals cardiorespiratory, visceral, and nervous systems and more.
- Heal the musculoskeletal system
- Patients are the main focus during treatments
- 55 minutes appointments
- Explanation of the whole treatment
- Reference to other treatments if they think patients need it
- Take-home exercises
- Overall improved well-being
- Improved body function such as mobility, blood flow, and body function
If you are looking for manual osteopathy treatments in Edmonton, please feel free to call us on 780-435-5312.