Where did Osteopathic Medicine begin?

Osteopathy originated in Missouri, USA by Dr Alexander Still, after being disillusioned by the then, medical approach, to disease. It failed in curing three of his children of meningitis. This failure spured him on to research for many years.

He postulated that the body had an innate ability to heal itself given the correct alignment of the spinal joints and correct blood supply. In 1874 he gave his manual medicine the name Osteopathy. His original school still flourishes today in Missouri. Osteopathy is now practiced worldwide.

Can I come for a maintenance programme of Osteopathic treatment?

Yes, like in all medical practice, prevention is better than cure and regular visits to the osteopath will maintain the skeletal structure in good mechanical order and thereby all the organs it innervates before these become lesioned.

The Osteopath can advise on posture, breathing technique, nutrition and advise on specialist onward referral when required.