Body Wise Osteopathy

Noel Adams Registered Osteopath 07973 635017

What is Cranial Osteopathy?


Cranial Osteopathy Is a branch of osteopathic treatment which uses a very gentle, relaxing, yet effective treatment approach to the whole body suitable for everyone. Most people assume that the treatment can only be employed to the head, however, it is possible to use this treatment approach to the whole body.

Cranial Osteopathy is a refined and subtle type of osteopathic treatment that uses very gentle manipulative pressure to encourage changes throughout the body, including the head.

One of the fundamental principles of Osteopathy is that "the living body is a self-correcting, self-regulating, self-healing mechanism", constantly working to establish its optimum level of health. This principle is particularly emphasised in Cranial Osteopathy, wherein the practitioner seeks to be as receptive as possible to sense how the body is seeking to rebalance itself. This informs the practitioner to the body's state of health, and what support or intervention the system requires to re-establish balance and harmony, restoring the freedom it needs to get on with its job of self-healing.

Osteopaths are taught a variety of methods and techniques, ranging from the well known ‘high velocity thrust’ with its dramatic clicks, to the very gently applied methods used by so called ‘Cranial Osteopaths’. Osteopaths vary their treatment methods, depending on their own preference and individual patients’ problems.

Osteopaths may have different specialities including sports injuries, paediatrics, visceral (treating the internal organs of the body). Cranial osteopathy embraces all of these.

Osteopaths use their highly trained palpatory skills to detect areas of tension or restriction in the body, and aim to gently release them to restore a state of balance within the musculoskeletal system of the body



Personal Approach
My approach to treatment is to use my knowledge of Osteopathy, Naturopathy, Acupuncture and Applied Pilates to tailor treatment for each individuals needs. I believe that it takes an individual to treat an individual, individually. Therefore, each treatment is tailored to each patient at each consultation, which affords quicker and lasting results.