Cheadle Osteopathy in Stockport

Put simply, osteopaths use hands on techniques, to help people in pain, feel better.

We take the time to listen to your problem and concerns and after conducting a thorough examination, our expert osteopaths will get to the root cause of your problem.

Osteopaths look at the whole body, not just the part that hurts. All parts of the body are interconnected, so an imbalance in one area can affect another.

We also consider how your lifestyle affects your pain, such as your job, commute, hobbies, how you sleep, diet, stress levels.

We put all this information together to build a picture of you as a whole person, not just a “symptom”.

It’s important to us that you fully understand your pain. We want you to leave your appointment with a better understanding of why your problem has occurred and a clear action plan of how we are going to help you to feel better.

We are here to guide you and empower you with the knowledge of how to prevent your pain from reoccurring.

Osteopaths are degree educated, are fully insured and registered with the General Osteopathic Council. It is an offense for someone to call themselves an osteopath if they aren’t registered.

Other useful info:
The Institute of Osteopathy

Meet our team of osteopaths

What is Osteopathy? | Cheadle Osteopathy

Our hands-on techniques will help to relieve your pain and get you moving. We work on:

1. muscles
2. joints
3. ligaments and tendons
4. nerves
5. bespoke exercises to put you in control of your health again

We use our hands to:

1. massage (soft tissue techniques)
2. stretch and mobilise the joints
3. manipulate the joints

We also offer:

1. medical acupuncture
2. specialist treatment for babies and children
3. cranial Osteopathy

We will guide you on bespoke exercises and advice to take home with you, putting you back in control.

We aren’t just interested in a ‘quick fix’. Our bespoke advice gives you the knowledge to understand your pain and how you can manage and prevent it, now and into the future.

Osteopaths, Physiotherapists and Chiropractors all work on the structure of the body.

Some of the conditions we treat are similar but we are fundamentally different in terms of philosophy, application of technique and even some of the techniques used.

In brief, Osteopaths look at the whole body and are more holistic, considering how dysfunction in one part of the body can have a knock on effect on another part. We try to identify and treat the root cause of the problem.

Every patient is treated as an individual and treatment plans are specific to each patient, not a “one size fits all” approach for the same condition.

In contrast to Physiotherapists and Chiropractors, osteopaths believe that a well-functioning musculoskeletal system is vital for overall health and wellbeing (see also What is Osteopathy?)

Physiotherapists often work within the NHS and help people to recover following a physical illness or injury or people with developmental problems or disability. They often use equipment such as TENs machines or ultra sound and prescribe rehabilitative exercises. Traditionally they would tend to focus on treating the specific areas of pain, but Physiotherapists in private practice have more autonomy over how they treat patients.

People often get confused about the difference between Chiropractors and Osteopaths as we use similar techniques, work in private practice and see many of the same conditions. Chiropractors primarily focus on the alignment of the spinal joints and on the effects of the spine on individual nerve branches that stem from between the segments.

Osteopaths traditionally use a wider variety of treatment techniques including soft-tissue massage, muscle stretching, joint articulation/mobilisation, manipulation and Cranial Osteopathy.

Within each profession individual practitioners develop their own unique style of practice and you as an individual need to find what works for you and ensure that they are properly trained.

You can view the wide range of conditions we treat on this link.

Having sciatica can be worrying. It can mean you miss out on social occasions; it can disrupt work, sleep, family life and your mental wellbeing.

You want to know why it’s happened and how to get rid of it.

Our experienced osteopaths are here to listen and help you to:

1. Get a diagnosis
2. Start treatment quickly
3. Relieve your pain
4. Support your recovery, with tailored advice and exercises
5. Get you back to the things you love in life

You can view info on causes and treatments for sciatica on this link.

Having back pain can be worrying. It can mean you miss out on social occasions; it can disrupt work, sleep, family life and your mental wellbeing.

You want to know why it’s happened and how to get rid of it.

Our experienced osteopaths are here to listen and help you to:

1. Get a diagnosis
2. Start treatment quickly
3. Relieve your pain
4. Support your recovery, with tailored advice and exercises
5. Get you back to the things you love in life

You can view more about how we treat back pain on this link.

Osteopaths are not doctors, but they have trained for several years in anatomy, physiology (how the body works), Pathology (how diseases present and how they affect the body) as well as specialising in the problems affecting muscles, bones,, nerves, and joints. Osteopaths are trained to screen all patients for any worrying or sinister symptoms and general health concerns. This ensures that you are safe to have osteopathic treatment and we can refer to doctors if we have any concerns.

For the examination you will be asked to undress down to your underwear / remove some of your clothing, down to your underwear. If you are uncomfortable with this for personal or religious reasons please discuss it with your Osteopath. If you prefer to wear shorts, please bring them with you, or they can be provided on request. We want you to feel comfortable and relaxed during your treatment with us.

After the initial examination with you standing your will be covered with a towel for the rest of the examination and treatment.

Osteopaths look for the root cause of a problem. This may involve seeing and examining areas of the body that don’t necessarily cause pain but may be related to the problem – which is why its normal to be asked to remove some clothing, so we can accurately assess the areas that may be involved in your pain.

The Osteopath will explain everything as they go along but if you are unsure please feel free to ask the osteopath to stop or explain again what they are doing and why.

Whether you’re a serious competitive sports person or doing couch to 5k, an injury can disrupt your training routine. It can be very frustrating and impacts on your physical and even mental wellbeing.

Getting the right advice early on is vital for recovery. Helping you get better quicker and preventing reinjury.

Our experienced osteopaths are here to listen and help you to:

1. Get a diagnosis
2. Start treatment quickly
3. Relieve your pain
4. Support your recovery, with tailored advice and exercises
5. Get you back to the things you love in life

This webpage link for sports injuries also includes a section on prevent being better than cure, causes of sports injury and growing bodies / teens and sport.