Cranial Osteopath London – Gentle & Effective Cranial Osteopathy

During your first session, your Cranial Osteopath will briefly talk to you about your concerns and reasons for coming for a Cranial Osteopathy session. Your osteopath will then briefly ask you some general health and medical questions. This is so that the osteopath has a full overview of you and your health. You will then briefly discuss what your aims and goals of the treatment are and what you would like to get out of the sessions. The treatment will most likely begin with you lying down on the treatment couch. The osteopath will start by applying gentle pressure to your head and other areas of your body such as your sacrum, abdomen, ankles, spine and hands. Cranial osteopathy uses gentle, soft, and non-manipulative techniques, which may promote relaxation. You may find that your osteopath treats areas of the body that are not the area of complaint, or the area that is causing you pain. This is because in cranial osteopathy and osteopathy in general, treatment is based on the principle that the structure and the function of the body are related. Therefore if the structure is not balanced then the function will be affected. For instance, take an injury of a sprained ankle as an example, this can go on to cause a limp due to the pain and stiffness experienced as a consequence of the injury. This can then lead to compensations within the rest of the body as a result of the limp. Therefore your osteopath will treat the many different areas of the body that have been affected by the compensations.