Osteopath for an adult?

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Hi, I'm considering seeing an osteopath, has anyone seen one as an adult and did it help?

A few years ago I had an injury that meant I needed to be on crutches for a few months. Ever since I get pain in my shoulders, back and neck, and in particular one side of my body is much more tense than the other. I have had heaps of physio. I go for regular massages, and each time the masseuse comments on how bad my knots are, on one side in particular, and recommends more regular massages, but while they help a bit it doesn't really solve it. I wonder if an osteopath may help?

as pp says osteo & chiro are snake oil sellers (imo) and can do real damage.

What are you basing that opinion on?

I saw one after I had my ds because I had SPD and the lady I saw worked miracles. Same with ds, who had colic, she also did cranial osteopathy when he was a tiny baby and it was like magic.

I recently saw a different one for a back/hip issue. Normally I just go for a sports massage when I have problems (or when I don't!) but this time I thought something might be out of alignment. I am not sure how much good she did, I was itching for more massage. But we will see. Certainly before I went into see her I could barely put my jeans and socks on as I was so stiff but I was much less stiff afterwards.

My father was told he needed a hip replacement and there was nothing else that could be done. He was in agony.
He seen an oesteopath, they identified a trapped nerve along his spine. It took a few sessions. The older you are the more you have to go to fix it as it slips back into the way it was before. He has never looked back since and that was over 20 years ago.

We have all since been for various things. It has helped my husbands back but never fixed it as the cause of it has never been fixed (bad gait).
I was told that he couldn't help arthritis in my clavicle joint - so didn't treat or take my money. Told our neighbour he couldn't help with his elbow joint and again didn't treat or take money.

I have been told he can help with my broken tail bone from birth which still gives me pain 2 years on. But that I can take my husband with me. Hmmm that has made me run as what's involved

Try it out as nothing lost but a potential massive gain to be pain free

I have been told he can help with my broken tail bone from birth which still gives me pain 2 years on

I remember my osteopath asking about coxxyx pain when she was taking my history and I told her that giving birth to DS1 had fixed the problems that stemmed from sitting down hard on a bed frame. She nodded in agreement and said that the flexing caused by the baby's head was pretty much the same manipulation that would fix the problem. I didn't want to know any more!

My husband was talking the other day as they'd learned manipulating tail bones in a class. It can be done internally apparently

Exactly 😂

I have a crappy back and have popped and torn a few discs along the way. I've seen a chiropractor, physio but the only thing that really works for me is osteopathy.

And I'm not sure why people are saying they are charlatans.

Mine is an ex professional sportswoman who trained for years to become an osteo. She is a miracle worker and I only ever go when my back is knackered - and it's usually one visit (2 max).

@LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD I think it's the same as any profession. They even acknowledge that they haven't spent enough time backing things up with medical research in the same way as chiropractic. Also, their founder was a church man, the principle of osteo is "mind, body and soul" but these days with medical research in mind.

My husband's course is 5.5 years long. He's in year one and he's expected to know fuck loads about the whole body - even down to cells, organs, etc. He's only in his first year and he's done tonnes

My GP (who I assume is fully medically trained) referred me to my first osteopath.

I've had more long term success by seeing a sports physio who will do massage, acupuncture if necessary but also give me excercises to do.

I am a chiropractor, I can assure you that I am far to busy fixing people who have knackered themselves up in the short term to be bothered about them coming back for the rest of their lives.
It is heart warming to see so much love for manual therapy on this thread.
In all honesty there isn’t much difference between osteopathy, physio and chiropractic these days. They should all be patient centred, evidence informed and base their treatment on best practice. Find someone you like and their title isn’t important they will have your best interests at heart and work with you to resolve your problem.

Chiropractic was a waste of my time and money - same "manipulation" done to my spine for knee pain as for migraine. My neurologist also warned against it...

Osteopath was great for me though. She was also a physiotherapist, so had lots of tools at her disposal. She used a mix of massage, heat therapy, stretching etc and it made a big difference to my migraines at the time.

As with any therapy - check their qualifications and any associations they belong to. I'm not sure how regulated they are (and who can call themselves a chiro/osteo).

I found chiro good when I first had back issues but have found osteo suits me better. Physio at the hospital did very little for my back.

Both chiropractic and osteopathy are regulated professions. You can check the general osteopathy council or general chiropractic council website to make sure your therapist is registered. They must be registered in order to hold the title “osteopath” or “chiropractor”.
There are good and bad in every profession, the best way to find someone good is to get recommendations from friends, family or your GP. The internet is a little unreliable as anyone can say how wonderful they are but FB and google reviews are a guide.

I would have had to give up nursing of it wasn’t for my osteopath
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who will do massage, acupuncture if necessary but also give me excercises to do.

Exactly the same as every osteopath I've seen.

I had two sessions with an osteopath for a hip issue I developed during pregnancy. It was great, I still daydream about the satisfying clicks my hip and back made during the sessions. I haven't needed to go back since.

One time I popped a disk I was in so much pain I ended up in a&e.

I managed to get myself to the osteopath (first time I'd seen her as a therapist - she was a colleague) and told her that there was no way she was going to lay hands on me.

She said 'fine' and asked me to stand, lean over etc then told me exactly what the issue with my back was (I knew because I had had an X-ray) so I was pretty impressed.

I eventually let her do her thing on my back and I went skipping out like a lamb (not quite but I could actually touch my toes). Very impressed - a chiro took a long time to fix my back and I was in a lot of pain in between visits.