Atune

Osteopathy

If you have lower back or neck pain, stiff joints, headaches, arthritis, sporting injuries, work related injuries, digestive problems, fatigue or even period pain an osteopath can help. Osteopathy is a holistic discipline that uses gentle stretching, massage and mobilising joints to ease symptoms to improve your overall health.

What do Osteopaths treat?

Osteopaths at ATUNE specialise in -

• All general musculo-skeletal conditions and complaints.

• Sporting injuries We have been the Osteopathic therapist and injury management consultant to the Newcastle Knights from 2006 - ongoing.

• Family health Specialising in paediatric, obstetric and general family health.

• Company/workplace care and OHS services. ATUNE manages work related injuries, and provides individual and corporate injury management assessments and rehabilitation, servicing several large businesses in the Hunter Region.

What type of conditions do Osteopath's at ATUNE treat?

General conditions -

• Neck and back pain

• Arthritis

• Sciatica

• Headaches and Migraines

• Postural strain and tightness

• Back pain and Pelvic pain associated with pregnancy

• RSI

• Joint Pain, and stiffness

• Breathing restrictions associated with asthma

• Gynaecological problems

• Digestive problems

• Pelvic pain

In Babies -

• Colic, Reflux and Wind

• Feeding Difficulties

• Asthma

• Learning Difficulties

• Walking and crawling issues

• Sleep disturbance and Irritability

Massage Therapy

What is massage?

Massage is considered the oldest and simplest form of therapy. The word "massage' has its origin in both the Greek and Hebrew languages. It is a combination of the Hebrew word 'me-sakj' which means 'to anoint with oil' and the Greek word 'massein' which means to knead. It is the practice of influencing soft tissue through physical manipulation of the body.

Most people understand that massage creates a pleasant sensation on the skin, but did you realise that effective massage also relieves pain and relaxes, stimulates and tones the body? Massage is not just a luxury for the few, but has therapeutic value for everyone. It is an important partner to medical and allied health professional therapy as it stimulates blood circulation and lymphatic drainage, improves blood supply and waste elimination throughout the body.

Anyone can use their hands and apply pressure to give a form of a massage, but in order to administer a therapeutic massage that achieves beneficial results, a thorough understanding of anatomy and bodily systems is required. All Massage Therapists at ATUNE have achieved national training and education standards and work within their professional scope of practice. At ATUNE, Massage Therapy is conducted within a coordinated team of Health Professionals to ensure our Therapists offer every client the most beneficial care. It is ATUNE Clinic Policy that every Massage Therapist participates in ongoing education to make available to you the most recent advances in health care.

Benefits of massage include

• Pain relief for musculoskeletal injuries

• Release of endorphins to relieve pain

• Reduction of muscular tension

• Improvement in joint and muscle mobility

• Prevention of scar tissue

• Reduction of anxiety and depression

• Improved sleep

• Calming of peripheral nerves and stress

• Increase circulation around the body

• Increase lymphatic and venous flow

• Increase elimination of metabolic waste

• Relief from congestion

Massage enhances the body's natural ability to heal itself