Bridgend

Osteopath & Naturopath

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WHAT OSTEOPATHS TREAT

Many patients present with injuries caused by mechanical wear, tear, and irritations of everyday life. Such causes may be related to one's work or out of activities. Occasionally, the injury may be caused by a one off event. Causes can range from heavy labouring work to sedate office jobs, rugby to riverbank fishing, rising from a chair, D.I.Y., gardening, general house duties, watching TV, socialising, playing a musical instrument.

Osteopaths commonly treat back, neck and shoulder pains, spinal disc problems, sciatica, tension headaches and migraines.

Below is a slightly more extensive list of conditions treated by osteopaths, roughly listed from head to toe:

arthritic pains
muscle injuries
jaw pains
whiplash injuries
shoulder injuries
arm nerve pains
tennis elbow
golfers elbow
RSI injuries, (common in for example in wrists & shoulders)
rib injuries
back pains (neck to low back)
spinal disc injuries
sciatic leg pains
hip injuries
knee injuries
ankle sprains
foot injuries
arthritis
post operative recovery
post traumatic recovery, for example after bone fractures or soft tissue injuries

Other related pages from this website include:

Paediatric cranial osteopathy

Osteopathy throughout childhood development

Osteopathy for pregnant and nursing mothers