Osteopathy

Osteopathy involves the diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of conditions. It assesses the body as a whole and involves assessment of; joints, ligaments, muscles and other soft tissues. 

A range of hands on techniques can be used within the treatment. These include, massage, manipulation, mobilisation and sports taping. The treatment given to each person will be completely individual and based on the outcomes of the assessment.

Your osteopath may also provide you with exercises and stretches that you can do in your own time and suggest methods you can use to control your symptoms yourself.

• Arthritic pain
• Fibromyalgia
• Frozen shoulder
• Headaches
• Migraine prevention
• Joint pain e.g. knee, shoulder, elbow
• Back pain
• Muscle spasm
• Minor sports injuries
• Nerve pain e.g. sciatica
• Tennis Elbow
• Muscle tension and inability to relax
• Cramp
• Rheumatic pain

If you are unsure if Osteopathy can help you, as your type of pain is not on the list above then please contact us as we may still be able to help.

This list is provided by the ASA guidelines. For more information please visit their website.

Soft tissue massage uses hands on techniques to treat a wide variety of conditions. Treatment involves manipulation of the soft tissues, including muscles, to ease any tension, increase blood flow to the area and enhance the body's own healing mechanisms. 

Soft tissue massage can also help to prevent injuries from happening. This is a great treatment to have both before and after a sporting event to prevent any injuries and enable recovery. 

All treatments will be individual, depending on the symptoms presented.

You may also be provided with stretches and exercises to do at home, to help you self-manage your condition.

• Speed up recovery
• Return to sport quicker
• Prevent injury
• Ligaments sprains
• Muscles strains
• Sports related injuries
• Muscular tension
• Improve mobility of scar tissue
• Increase circulation and lymphatic drainage

According to the ASA guidelines, acupuncture is the insertion of needles into the skin and underlying tissues in key 'points' for therapeutic and preventative purposes. 

Acupuncture has been proved to have positive effects in treating the following musculoskeletal conditions:

• Tension Type Headaches
• Migraine Headaches
• Chronic Low Back Pain
• Acute Low Back Pain
• Temporomandibular (Jaw) Pain
• Knee Pain Caused by Osteoarthritis

If you are unsure if acupuncture can hep you, please feel free to contact us to discuss your options.

All the above are stated in the ASA guidelines. For more information, please visit their website.

Bethan trained with the British Medical Acupuncture Society in a course specific to Medical Acupuncture. 

The premises at Swansea Bay Osteopathy and Bethan as a practitioner both are registered and licensed with Swansea Council to perform Special Procedures e.g. Acupuncture. If you have any more questions or would like proof of licensing then please either contact us directly or visit the Wales Special Procedures Register via the link attached -  Special procedures