osteopathy for
Seniors
Can osteopathy help older people?
Stiff and painful joints
Back or neck pain
Mobility restrictions
Help recovering after surgery
Fatigue
It is considered ‘normal’ for older people to be in pain. Pain is debilitating, frustrating and isolating. Patients relay to us they don’t like taking pain medication, find exercises tricky to complete at home and struggle having to adapting their life around the pain and its limitations.
This does not have to be the case - and osteopathy works to halt acute pain turning chronic and helps turn chronic pain into being manageable.
Osteopathy helps patients adapt to physical changes they are experiencing as they get older. Your osteopath will assess your physical pain and provide treatment and advice to help reduce pain and improve mobility, so you do not have to compromise on your standard of life.
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Joint Pain & Mobility
Osteopaths encourage your joints to move using gentle techniques to increase the joints range of movement and stretch muscles and tendons which have become tight.
Mobility helps reduce inflammation, pain and stiffness. As we get older joints naturally become stiffer and osteopathy works to limit restrictions to your mobility to help you keep active.
Arthritis
Whilst there is no cure for arthritis, osteopathy can ease arthritic symptoms such as pain, swelling and stiffness in joints and tissues and muscles around the joint.
Osteopathy can ease the debilitating stiffness and soreness arthritis impacts your daily life with, restoring some joint mobility and helping to prevent deterioration.
Back Pain & Posture
As you get older your posture changes and can cause great strain on surrounding muscles and joints, most common is the ‘hunching’ in your upper back.
Osteopaths can help improve this deteriorating posture through soft tissue massage techniques that gently stretch muscles and connective tissues.
“Having been to a physio and chiropractor with sciatica in the past, I saw real improvements with osteopathy at The Village Osteopaths.”
— Roy J
Mental Health
Physical pain affects your daily life. It limits what you’re able to do, where you can go and who you can see. It is frustrating, isolating and can lead to loneliness and even depression.
Your osteopath can indirectly help improve your mental health by focusing on reducing your physical pain and working towards realistic goals to help improve your daily life.
Recovering from fall
If you have suffered a fall you will have hurt yourself physically, but mentally it can be just as damaging. It is important to re-build strength but also confidence in your body.
Your osteopath can help ensure strength, range of movement and simple strength and balance exercises to help you physically but also help gain confidence after a fall.
General Check-up
Even if you are not experiencing pain an osteopathic examination and treatment can prevent against conditions developing and advise on maintaining good physical health.
During their examinations your osteopath can detect skin conditions, ulcerations or swelling, and other observations patients are not aware of which we can pass on to your GP.
