Osteopathy was originally developed in the 1890s with an emphasis on maximising the body’s ability to heal itself by removing restrictions in the musculoskeletal framework of the body—the bones, muscles, nerves, and tissues that support and control your body’s movements. By examining and treating the whole body, our Leopold and Ocean Grove osteopaths aim to determine the root cause of your pain, treating it to alleviate your pain.

Nationally accredited osteopaths at Ocean Grove & Leopold Osteopathy and Sports Health

Osteopaths complete a minimum of five years of university education and are nationally accredited practitioners. They undertake extensive study in anatomy, physiology, and physical examination to help diagnose and treat a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions and injuries.

What happens at an Osteopath appointment?

Osteopathy is a gentle and safe form of manual medicine. Our Bellarine osteopaths perform a wide range of examinations to help identify the cause of your pain or impairment. Treatment is tailored to each individual, providing slightly different programs for each patient depending on their requirements. Osteopathy treatments involve a variety of hands-on techniques, including massage, stretching, joint manipulation, and soft tissue therapy,

What we treat

Treatment is tailored to each individual, providing slightly different programs for each patient depending on their requirements. Common treatment techniques involve soft tissue massage, stretching, joint mobilisation, joint manipulation, myofascial stretching/release, gentle traction techniques as well as cupping and dry needling.

Depending on your needs, specific exercise or strengthening advice will be given to help maximise the effectiveness of the treatment and speed up the recovery process. Our Osteopaths can treat:

• Sports injuries

• Tennis elbow

• Occupational injuries

• Back Pain

• Postural problems

• Neck & shoulder pain

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

• Headaches