Osteopath or chiropracter?

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

How on earth do I know which one? Its for sacro-illitis caused by psoriatic arthritis. I had a couple of bouts of nhs physio on it in the spring and they really helped but only for a week or so. Physio said that pelvis was rotated out of position.

Am fed up of being on max painkillers and I feel that the rest of my back and leg joints are getting grumpy cos of it. Just want to do something that means I'm not in permanent pain and acting like a cow to dd and dh.

Chiropractors and osteopaths are required by law to be registered with the appropriate body, so either the General Chiropractic Council or GOsC.

Since the passing of legislation in 1994, it has been illegal to call yourself a chiropractor/osteopath unless you are registered. In order to register, a practitioner has to be suitably qualified, be adequately insured, comply with standards of practice and undertake 30 hours of Continuing Professional Development each year.

So, whether you opt for chiropractor or osteopath, please check that the person you consult is registered.

I'm being treated by an osteopath at the moment and when I asked him about this he told me that there were a lot of similarities between the disciplines but that osteopathy was a bit more "hands on" in that an osteopath will use both manipulation techniques (the snapping things back into the right position type stuff) and massage too. Apparently chiroptacters don't tend to do the remedial/deep tissue massage as osteopaths do and I found this approach suited my needs better.