Osteopathy for Adults

The main reasons for consultation in adults are osteoarticular pain of the limbs and back (lumbar, dorsal or cervical). They are often linked to poor working posture, repetitive movements, degenerative diseases such as disc disease, trauma (“false movement”) or sports. These pains can also be increased by stress and accumulated nervous tension. Over the years, osteopaths have become specialists in functional disorders such as low back pain, sciatica/sciatica, back pain, cervicalgia/trapezalgia…

But osteopathy for adults can also be effective for functional digestive pathologies (constipation, diarrhoea, bloating, stomach ache, etc.) and gynaecological pathologies (pain during menstruation, during intercourse, etc.), as well as cranial affections (headaches and migraines, chronic ENT pathologies, etc.).

Finally, adults can suffer a variety of traumas, such as falls on the head, back or buttocks, which may go unnoticed for some time, and then one day lead to pain. For example, road accidents or sports injuries can disorganize the body’s systems, causing it to become seriously unbalanced. The latter phenomenon, known as “Whiplash”, is quite common and well known to fully trained osteopaths.

“Adults accumulate numerous constraints that alter their balance in the course of their many personal, professional or family activities.”

Consultation can be the result of trauma, but it can also be preventive. Anyone can consult an osteopath once a year for an annual check-up, even if they don’t feel any pain, in order to maintain the body’s balance and prevent the onset of pain. The osteopath will test your whole body for mobility restrictions, and treat them to avoid future discomfort.

Here is a list of signs that may lead an adult to consult an osteopath:

Back pain: lumbar, dorsal, cervical
Neuralgia: sciatica, cruralgia, cervicobrachial neuralgia, intercostal neuralgia…
Pelvic pain: sacralgia, coccygodynia (coccyx pain)…
Functional urinary and anal incontinence
Operation sequences
Headaches, some dizziness
Muscle pain: contractures, cramps, strains, stiffness
Osteoarthritis, arthritis, osteoporosis
Joint pain: hip, knee, ankle, fingers, shoulder, neck…
Digestive disorders: abdominal pain, functional colopathy, diarrhea, constipation, bloating, epigastric pain, profuse belching…
Post-trauma consultations
Sleep disorders, depression, anxiety, nervousness…

Anyone can consult an osteopath, regardless of age or reason for consultation. All that’s needed is a treatment adapted to the patient’s particular needs.