The art of osteopathy has been practised for hundreds of years and despitethe contributions and variations to the may techniques the principles and the philosophy remain largely the same. The body has the innate ability to heal itself but on occasion this healing process becomes compromised. A patient who experiences this breakdown in healing developes a range of symptoms including pain, stiffness, degeneration.

Osteopathy is a manual medicine using predominantly the hands to remove the causes of slow healing. It can have a dramatic effect on the patient's  response to improvement where other interventions, such as medicines, have failed. 

At Health at Hand we approach the patient's healing with a comprehensive outlook. This means that lifestyle, occupation, stress and other factors that influence healing are taken in to consideration. Advice and information will be given, exercises maybe prescribed, recommendations or referrals to other disciplines, like pilates or yoga, podiatrists,  or personal trainers. In short the immediate problem will be treated successfully and long term solutions, if neccessary, are put in place as a preventative measure.