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OSTEOPATHY CAPE TOWN
Health Care in Cape Town

www.osteogoodhealth.com
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Health in Cape Town, Health Services in Cape Town, Medicine in Cape Town, Alternative Medicine in Cape Town

Osteopathy is a medical practice based on a drug-free non-invasive manual therapy. In combination with dietary, for example, pains and general health problems.Headaches, bones and connective tissue) an osteopath is able to interpret whole patterns of aches, ligaments, muscles, it is a practical and effective treatment for the treatment of a range of illnesses and injuries and also assists in the ongoing management of pain and disease.By paying attention to the significance of any change in structure or function (the joints, postural and occupational advice as well as counselling, are the final symptom of lower back or foot related problems. These therapeutic interventions facilitate the patient’s inherent recuperative powers.Osteopathy is a ‘hands on’ manual therapy which takes into account a patient’s personal and medical history. Compensation gradually builds up until the body is unable to accommodate more change, at which time it may break down at the weakest part, even after something quite trivial.Osteopaths therefore focus on manual techniques to balance all the systems of the body, rather than focus on isolated problem areas. Alteration in the structure of the body leads to reduced or impaired function in its organs and tissues. As an approach to healthcare, it emphasises the role of the musculoskeletal system in the maintenance of optimal health and the prevention and treatment of illness.It is underpinned by a philosophy of the body as an interrelated unit of structure and function. An osteopath therefore will find and treat the underlying cause of the problem rather than treat the symptoms of a problem with drugs and medication.

Osteopathy Cape Town is a well established and professional Osteopathic Clinic in Constantia, in the beautiful city of Cape Town. Osteopathy Cape Town is dedicated to offering the highest level of healthcare at competitive rates in South Africa. Dr Guy Ashburner offers a complete package of care from pain relief to prevention of long-term recurrence of symptoms. Furthermore, advice is provided on injury prevention and postural education through personalised exercise, ergonomic and lifestyle advice. Osteopathy Cape Town is committed to keeping you and your family in good health. It was the pioneering foresight of a frontier physician living in Missouri, Dr Andrew Taylor Still, which led to the formulation of a new way of confronting healing and medicine. Still’s initial impulse to reform what he saw as weaknesses inherent in conventional medicine led him to investigate and create an alternative to the traditional orthodoxy. This was officially heralded as the practise of Osteopathy in Influenced by the prevailing conditions of war and the scourge of common epidemics with their high mortality rates, Still worked uncompromisingly to research the causality of disease and uncover the interconnections between the body’s systems and its psychological and emotional dimensions so as to originate a new methodology of healing. Linking this with his philosophy of life and influenced by the traditions of magnetic healing and Mesmerism, Still viewed the human body as a holistic being with the capacity to self-heal. His rationale was that any anatomical deviation could lead to disease (or disease could create a misalignment) and therefore it stood to reason that it could be corrected through hands-on Osteopathic techniques. Whilst scepticism to such new ideas was a function of the historic period, Still was able to prove the efficacy of his treatment methods in the osteopathic practise he had established in Kirksville, Missouri. By this time, in 1889, Still had been using his system of manipulation to improve circulation and correct altered mechanics for nearly two decades and had drawn a following across the country. The success of this alternative model of medicine combined with the refinement of the scientific principles, led him to establish the firstschoolofOsteopathy. Opened in 1892 as the American School of Osteopathy, the first group of students included former patients, family friends and five of Still’s children. He was assisted by a visiting doctor from Scotland, William Smith, who brought with him his knowledge of anatomy in exchange for instruction on the techniques and practise of Osteopathy. By 1894, there were 18 diplomas awarded to the graduates of the school, and from thereon the study and practise of Osteopathic Medicine as a profession gained currency throughout America. It was only then that Osteopaths were allowed to serve as physicians for their country. The acceptance of Osteopathy into mainstream practise in the United Kingdomwas only really achieved in 1993 with the Osteopath’s Act, the forerunner to the registration of Osteopathic practitioners through The General Osteopathic Council. The practise of Osteopathy in South Africa has also gained wider currency since the first osteopathic regulatory Act was passed in Whilst no training is cur
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