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| backs to basics osteopathic practice - welcome | Osteopaths will tell you that Osteopathy is about more than alleviating back pain or treating sports injuries. At Backs to Basics Osteopathic Practice, we believe in treating the whole person.
That goes for the lifestyle of the patient as much as for the body. By taking this holistic approach to analysing the habits, exercise, diet and health of the individual, a programme of self-help can be put in place for a lifetime of well-being.
With experience in a wide range of complementary therapies, Back to Basics can help you unleash the potential for wellness that is within.
Modern life does not lend itself to healthy living and in most cases it takes a determined effort to change ingrained habits that can affect our health, and ultimately our quality of life. Backs to Basics specialises in giving the support and help needed to make that change. |
| backs to basics osteopathic practice - background | Thank you for visiting. Backs to Basics is situated just off Brentwood High Street and behind Sainsburys in Park Road. The clinic offers varied approaches to your health and well being, treating not only musculoskeletal problems but also many other conditions.
Our belief is one of treating the whole person rather than merely alleviating symptoms. Sean Wright is a professionally trained and experienced practitioner, with a range of skills and therapies at his command to make sure that you receive the care and treatment needed to offer long term benefits.
By combining traditional Osteopathy, Cranial Osteopathy, Naturopathy and Lifestyle Analysis, a very wide range of conditions can be treated . We also believe that a degree of flexibility in working hours can help by making treatment available to fit in with your schedule. Call us for an appointment or a chat about your health concerns - hopefully we can help you not only to alleviate any current conditions, but also help you take care of yourself to prevent any future problems. |
| backs to basics osteopathic practice - osteopathy | Originally developed in 1874 by Andrew Taylor Still and used mainly as a means of treating disease. Still believed that if the body was functioning correctly, or Ãas God intendedÃ, that he could cure most disease processes by adjusting and manipulating joints and surrounding tissue for healthy nerve and blood flow.
Still was driven by the death of his three children from spinal meningitis, to provide an alternative to the recognised medical care of his time.
Today osteopaths are mainly perceived as Ãback specialistsÃ, and although this may be true due to the large percentage of people with back problems that we see, osteopaths can and do treat many other conditions including:- Headaches
- Joint pain
- Stress related problems
- Sports injuries
- Digestive problems
- Asthma
- Babies and children
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| backs to basics osteopathic practice - naturopathy | Naturopaths believe that if the body is given the right conditions it will heal itself. This means that the symptoms of disease (high temperature for instance) should not be repressed but allow to express themselves to allow the body to regain optimum health.
Naturopaths use many approaches such as dietary changes, fasting, hydrotherapy, Osteopathy and advice on supplements. They can help with many problems including:- Irritable bowel
- Eczema and skin conditions
- lethargy and low energy
- Food intolerances
- Weight problems
- Many other complaints
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| backs to basics osteopathic practice - cranial osteopathy | Developed by William Garner Sutherland in the early 1920Ãs. Sutherland believed that the bones of the skull must have some movement due to their structure, and that tissues of the body have their own, involuntary motion. This motion, he proposed, could be palpated and used as a means of detecting dysfunction, then manipulated to help healing and repair. Originally a student of Andrew Taylor Still, Sutherland eventually arrived at his theory of Cranial Osteopathy after performing various experiments on himself.
However, SutherlandÃs predominently mechanistic theory of cranial work gradually evolved into a more biodynamic, healing philosophy. This was due to the many palpatory and clinical experiences that occurred during treatment sessions, which could not be explained on a mechanistic level.
There are many explanations of Cranial Osteopathy, but no definitive explanation of how it works. it is most probably energy work, an interaction of patient and practitionersà bio-electric fields. It works on a physical, emotional and psychological level. In a practical sense however, there are no levels, just a whole integrated, individual therapy. |
| backs to basics osteopathic practice - lifestyle & exercise advice | During most treatments, patients will receive advice on exercise and lifestyle if needed, or wanted. Modern life does not lend itself to healthy living, and in most cases it takes a determined effort to change ingrained habits that can affect our health and ultimately our quality of life.
For those who feel that some extra support and monitoring would help them to change, we offer a Lifestyle service. This service is tailored to individual needs, so each package will be different. The following list, however will give an idea of what may be included:- Osteopathy
- Cranial Osteopathy
- Naturopathy
- Exercise advice
- Personal training
- Health Monitoring
†-blood pressure
†-weight
†-body fat %
†-resting & exercise heart rate
†-muscle & joint examination - Meditation
- Dietary monitoring
- Walking/Cycling/Running
- Referral to other therapists if needed
- Daily, weekly, monthly or yearly packages
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| backs to basics osteopathic practice - personnel | Sean Wright qualified from the British College of Naturopathy and Osteopathy in 1998 with a degree in Osteopathic medicine and a diploma in Naturopathy.
Since then Sean has taken post graduate courses in Cranial Osteopathy and is a qualified, highly experienced personal trainer and gym instructor.
Registered with:
General Osteopathic Council (GOsC)
British Naturopathic Association (BNA)
Member of:
Osteopathic Sports Care Association (OSCA)
Sutherland Cranial Society
Osteopathic Tutor at:
Oxford Brookes University, Oxford |
| backs to basics osteopathic practice - practice news | The practice is now runnung from 14 Crown Street and 67 Park Road Brentwood.We are open for longer hours, with appointments in evenings and early mornings to help fit in with your work and family commitments.
If you find it difficult to get to the practice we will try to come to you for emergency home treatments.
We always try to be flexible in meeting our patients’ needs, so please call us to talk over convenient treatment times.
I will be taking walks every Monday starting from South Weald visitors car park promptly at 9.20am. These will last for approximately 1 hour and should be suitable for all levels of fitness. Walks will be followed at 10.30am with a 30 to 40 min run for those who feel a little more energetic. The runs will be at a steady moderate pace and more suitable for those with a reasonable level of fitness although all are welcome to join in. Please be aware though that particularly at this time of year, you are going to get muddy and occasionally wet and also this will add to the difficulty of both the walks and runs.
Keep checking this web site for updated information or phone 07808 590710 and leave a message if you need more information. Otherwise turn up on the day unless notified otherwise via this site.
Cost is £2 which includes both the walk and run and walks start Monday 30th January. |
| backs to basics osteopathic practice - how to find us | Surgery:
14 Crown Street
Brentwood
CM14 4BA
Treatment is also available at:
67 Park Road
Brentwood
CM14 4TU
Telephone: 01277 224799
Online:
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Backs to Basics Osteopathy Practice is easy to find, being just off Brentwood High Street. Click here for a map courtesy of Multimap. |
| backs to basics osteopathic practice - practice hours | Our surgery is open from Monday to Saturday.
Evening and early morning appointments are available, and emergency home visits can be made on request. |
Beliefs
’In a real sense, all life is inter-related. All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the inter-related structure of reality.’
Rev Martin Luther King |
