Osteopathy at LinksHP

Osteopathy can help with a variety of injuries, with an emphasis on treating both the symptoms, and the root cause.

• Neck, back, and shoulder pain

• Muscle strains and spasms

• Nerve entrapments such as carpal tunnel, sciatica, and trigeminal neuralgia

• Headaches, migraine, and jaw pain

• Arthritis and other joint conditions

• Sporting injuries

Osteopathy is fantastic for helping you with the management of ongoing, environmental, or chronic conditions. It is an unfortunate reality, that not all injuries will heal perfectly or quickly. At LinksHP, we believe that the more you understand your own injury, the more you can take control of the management.
Talk with one of our Osteopaths today about how long term management can help you take back control of your life.

Osteopathy is a 5 year double degree, or degree and Master’s (depending on the university).
Osteopaths are also required to undertake at least 25hrs of professional training each year to stay up to date with the latest research and best clinical practices.
Our Osteopath Dr. Kristopher Sanford studied at RMIT university in Melbourne for 5 years, before moving up to sunny Sydney, where he undertook further study in strength and conditioning with a focus on golf.

Osteopathy, physiotherapy, and chiropractic share many similiarities with all being hands on, allied health options to help your body heal and function at it’s best.
Osteopathy is unique as it takes an approach of looking at the whole body as a system and applies treatment to not just help the painful tissue, but also treat the root cause and get the body functioning as optimally as possible. Osteopathy believes that the bodies structure and function are inter-related, and if you can get the body functioning well, it can heal itself.

Treating the root cause can be best seen as a method of looking deeper and asking “why” something is happening in the body, not just “what”.
Ostepaths will often focus on the ‘why’, to try to get the the bottom, or ‘root cause’ of the issue. This helps us better understand the injury or issue, create a better plan for it’s treatment, and help stop it from reoccurring if possible.

Treatment looks different for people of all different ages, sizes, and conditions. Osteopathy utilises a wide variety of treatment options and practitioners will change what techniques they use to best suit the person and the injury.
Osteopathy can modulate it’s treatment intensity from very direct, to gentle when necessary.
Your Osteopath will always ask what style suits you best, and keep an open course of dialogue to explain what treatment choices you have.