County of Hampshire Osteopathy Practices

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Hampshire Osteopathy Practices

If you are searching for County of Hampshire osteopathy practices, the clinics below are recommended. Please click on the clinic titles for detailed descriptions of each clinic and the conditions in which they specialise

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  • Hurstbourne Osteopathy Practice & Sports Injury Clinic - Andover
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  • Eastleigh Osteopathic Clinic
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  • Fareham Osteopathic Centre
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  • The Arch Clinic
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  • Havant Osteopathic Clinic
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  • Hart Osteopathy
  • Hart Osteopathy
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  • Bodyworks Osteopathy
  • Petersfield Osteopathic Centre Petersfield
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  • Gullivers Osteopathic Practice
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  • West End Osteopathy
  • Southampton Osteopathy
  • The Totalcare Clinic - Michelle McWilliam
  • Highfield Natural Health Centre
  • The Totalcare Clinic - Ian Stuart
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  • Emma Wightman Osteopaths
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  • Harding Osteopathy
  • Redwood Health Therapies Osteopath
  • Harestock Osteopathic Clinic
  • Osteopath in Winchester
  • St Cross Osteopathic Clinic
 
 
 

Osteopaths in Hampshire

 
 
 

Osteopaths in Hampshire

Patients visiting an osteopath for the first time will have many questions. For example, why did my GP refer me to an osteopath rather than send me to a specialist doctor? What should I expect at my initial appointment? Many of these questions are answered via our resources page.

How does osteopathic treatment work?

Osteopathy is a medical discipline which does not use drugs and aims to promote self-healing. The primary aim of an osteopath is to understand the root cause of a patient's condition. Once the cause is understood, appropriate remedies are implemented to speed recovery.

What should I expect when visiting an osteopath?

In order to prepare effectively for a consultation, prepare a succinct summary of the background to your complaint as this is what the osteopath will wish to understand. Relevant facts will include: whether or not a trauma has occurred, the timeframe since first symptoms became manifest, and aggravating factors such as particular kinds of employment.

Are osteopaths in Hampshire properly trained?

In the first instance an osteopath must have an appropriate degree in osteopathy. In the UK there are 6 approved tertiary courses. In the US, Australia and US the training is similar and there are established protocols for recognising foreign degrees in the United Kingdom.

As a hands-on medical profession osteopathy is not just a dry academic pursuit. Whilst book-learning is necessary, students are required to watch and learn from experienced professionals.

After qualification, most medical professions require practitioners to engage in continuing education programmes and osteopathy is no exception. Each year all osteopaths attend conferences and lectures.

How osteopaths are regulated?

All osteopaths are regulated by the Osteopaths Act 1993. The Act established the General Osteopathic Council to regulate the profession and maintain standards. It is an offence to work as an osteopath without being registered by the Council. If any patient wishes to pursue an allegation of professional misconduct against and osteopath, there is an official complaints procedure.