Treatment Strategies
Treatment strategies
Our Practitioner team offers a wealth of clinical experience and expertise in the
following disciplines:
Osteopathy
This is a holistic system of medicine, whilst using similar procedures to conventional medicine, such as case history taking, clinical examination, imaging and laboratory investigations to formulate a differential diagnosis, Osteopaths also utalise palpation, a highly developed sense of touch to complement their diagnostic process. Osteopathic treatment consists of manual techniques, which range from classical structural approaches, such as soft tissue, articulation and HVT (manipulative treatment) to very gentle approaches such as Cranio-Sacral and functional/fascial approaches, including the use of gentle visceral manipulation. The actual tretment used depends on the patient, their preferences and the type of condition they have. Lifestyle factors such as nutrition and stress contribute to many of the health problems that the osteopath encounters – facts reflected in your evaluation and subsequent health management strategies. Osteopathic treatment can be applicable to many healthcare problems and to all ages from babies to the elderly
Psychotherapy
It really is good to talk. Psychotherapy is a drug-free dialogue which helps patients uncover, understand and resolve psychological problems. Since the mind/body complex acts as a single unit, this journey of discovery can have an enormous beneficial impact on a patient’s physical, mental and emotional well-being.
Hypnotherapy
The word hypnosis is derived from the Greek word Hypnos – the God of Sleep, in the misbelief that sleep and the hypnotic state are similar. In fact the state of mind achieved in hypnotherapy – the trance state – is vastly different from sleep and unfortunately many who fear being “put to sleep” avoid hypnosis when it may be very beneficial.
In order to understand hypnotherapy we need to be aware of the interrelation between our mind and our body. The mind controls the workings of the body – heartbeat, blood pressure, breathing, bowel function, nervous system, etc, so that improving the function of the mind will help bodily functions and reduce disease whether psychological or physical in nature. The body on the other hand helps us understand our state of balance or imbalance by producing symptoms – messages that all is not well in the mind/body system. The aim of hypnotherapy is to improve the harmony, balance in this system and reduce illness by making use of the trance state. The trance state is a natural state of mind similar to daydreaming, which has been shown to have amazing and powerful benefits to our mind/body system.
Counselling
The art of listening is much underestimated. There’s truth in the maxim, “the sharing of hurt is the beginning of healing”; attentive and supportive counselling has been shown to motivate patients into moving toward a resolution of their problems.
Nutrition
There is increasing evidence that lifestyle factors play an important part in the physiology of both the body and the mind. For example chronic ongoing stress can have an impact on the adrenal glands and cause increased utilisation of important micro-nutrients such as B Vitamins and Magnesium. The usual culprits such as alcohol, caffeine and nicotine (not to mention recreational drugs) again will have quite and impact on micro-nutrient levels. Adopting a balanced, varied diet will usually have a positive impact on many of the health care problems that we see.
