Osteopathy

Osteopathy is a gentle, hands-on approach to supporting your body's natural ability to heal

It works by assessing how your muscles, joints, and bones are functioning, and how these structures are connected. Whether you’re seeking relief from pain, recovering from injury, or improving your overall mobility, osteopathy can help restore balance and ease.

By working with your body rather than against it, osteopathy helps reduce tension, improve circulation, and encourage better movement — leaving you feeling freer, more comfortable, and more at home in your body.

What We Treat With Osteopathy:

How We Treat (An Integrative Process)

Mobilisation & Manipulation

Gentle joint movements help restore your natural range of motion. In manipulation (HVT), a quick, precise hand pressure is applied to the joint to relieve pain, improve movement, and support nerve function.
You may hear a popping or clicking sound — similar to clicking your knuckles — thought to be gas releasing within the joint.

Soft Tissue or Deep Tissue Massage

Relieves muscle tension, eases trigger points, and improves circulation to encourage faster healing. By working into deeper layers of muscle, this treatment can help reduce pain, improve flexibility, and restore comfort.

Note: This may be integrated within your Osteopathy session. We also offer Deep Tissue Massage as a separate treatment, not with Emily. 

K-Tape / Kinesiology Tape

A supportive tape designed to help muscles and joints without limiting movement. It can aid injury recovery, reduce swelling, and provide gentle support between treatments. Many people also find it helps improve posture and ease discomfort during daily activities.

Dry Needling / Medical Acupuncture

A very fine, sterile needle is placed into a muscle “trigger point” to release deep tension. This can reduce pain, improve range of motion, and support recovery from injury or chronic tightness. You may feel a brief twitch or ache as the muscle relaxes — a normal and temporary response.

Testimonials

Gemma R
Gemma R
Osteopathy
Emily is incredible!! She is listened to me and my problems and created a session which relaxed me and helped me. The room was lovely clean and warm, and I felt at ease with Emily. 100% recommend!
The Bearded Baker
The Bearded Baker
Osteopathy
Have found Emily very friendly and professional and she has managed to help my back and sciatica problems immensely. Always able to book an appointment with ease, and her prices are very competitive. I would highly recommend Osteopathy with Emily
Megan N
Megan N
Osteopathy
We took our newborn with neck tension and tummy troubles to Emily for a few sessions and she made a huge difference, even after just the first session! Emily was very calming, friendly and professional. Our baby was so relaxed at each session too which was a rarity at the time. Thank you, Emily! Cannot recommend you enough.
Emily B
Emily B
Osteopathy
I am so glad I found Emily, her kind, professional greeting made the experience so easy, her knowledge and experience have made such a huge difference and within 2 weeks her treatments have helped me to be at ease. I would highly recommend xxx Emily was very calming, friendly and professional. Our baby was so relaxed at each session too which was a rarity at the time. Thank you, Emily! Cannot recommend you enough.
Jade E
Jade E
Osteopathy
Emily has been incredible with my daughter! I learnt so much from her (things that my health visitors had not seen/ doctors too) that allowed me to also seek further help regarding tongue tie and belly button hernia. Emily’s work has helped my daughter go from being sick everyday (projectile) and holding wind to a normal little human. I would definitely recommend Emily to everyone that has a baby! Being born can be traumatic on a baby and Emily was able to help my daughter with alignment issues (I didn’t even see until it was shown to me) this helped ease day to day life as was contributing to feeding issues. Incredibly professional, informative and wonderful to speak to for advice without judgement or pressure. Emily was very calming, friendly and professional. Our baby was so relaxed at each session too which was a rarity at the time. Thank you, Emily! Cannot recommend you enough.
Russel P
Russel P
Osteopathy
Went to see Emily after completely seizing up in my lower back after a game of football. Could barely walk. She was professional, friendly and used a range of techniques to loosen me back up and get me moving again. Would definitely recommend.

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