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osteopathy
Through the wholeness of body, soul and spirit, Biodynamic Osteopathy reawakens our self-healing capacity
New patients please read 'about your appointment' at the bottom of this page. If you are seeking treatment for yourself and baby, please choose a paediatric booking and ensure that you arrange a helper to accompany you to your appointment.
Dr. James Jealous DO was an osteopathic physician, obstetrician and the founder of Biodynamic Osteopathy. He characterised Traditional Osteopathy as a science based on anatomy, and Biodynamic Osteopathy as a science based on embryology.
The term "Biodynamic" arose through the work of German embryologist Erich Blechshmidt. His research demonstrated how dynamic metabolic fluid movements within the protoplasm of a developing human embryo, lay down an initial blueprint or 3D matrix before genetics begin to influence growth and development.
Adapted versions of cranial and biodynamic osteopathy have been taken outside the osteopathic medical profession and taught to the general public; these are called 'craniosacral therapy' and 'biodynamic craniosacral therapy'. Even though they share the same name, Biodynamic Osteopathy has no connection to the Biodynamic farming principles of Rudolph Steiner.
Osteopathic Medicine works with the natural forces of the human body
Through the gentle laying on of hands, Biodynamic Osteopathy involves feeling the Health (blueprint, perfect potential, silence, spiritual light & mystery) within every human being. This Health is hidden and often forgotten beneath complex layers of intergenerational, family and personal trauma, cultural and educational imprinting, metabolic, chemical or emotional stress and protective compensations - all of which deviate an individual from their originality, natural calmness, inner organisation and self-healing capacity.
The active phase of Biodynamic treatment is typically performed in silence, however an osteopath may ask questions or share information about an unfolding treatment process (for the purpose of deepening a pathway to the Health within). For those patients unfamiliar with holistic treatment principles, this type of self-enquiry may feel a little too close for comfort. It is worth keeping in mind that you are not your personal or family history - you are the silence, the spiritual light, perfect potential, embryo, and the Health emerging from within. This is what a biodynamic osteopath is seeking to find within you.
When considering treatment outcomes, the Health will typically generate deeper therapeutic change with longer-term outcomes in mind. If you are seeking a quick fix, then Biodynamic Osteopathy may not be for you. When treatment gets closer to the Health, silence and nothingness begin to envelope our senses. We fall into a twilight sleep as our perception of time disappears. This is the place where the deepest work of Biodynamic Osteopathy occurs, in the depths of the mystery and unknown - until we awaken on the other side, in a closer relationship to the Health and our self-healing capacity.
About
Hi, my name is David and I've been a registered Osteopath since 1998. Every health practitioner brings their own unique gift to the treatment table - mine is empathy. I was born with an intracranial fluid cyst compressing my brainstem: this affects my capacity to process sound and other sensory information. I've learnt to use empathy to sense other people's feelings - so helping me understand what they are saying. This empathy has flowed into my osteopathic practice - being able to sense an emerging history held deep within a person's body, and the Health within. This diagnostic method is most effective for open, self-aware, sensitive and feeling people. Ongoing biodynamic studies and treatments with Dr. Jealous in the US have helped me know the Health within, and this has greatly assisted my capacity to help others.
Why Biodynamic Osteopathy?
Biodynamic treatment is suited to preconception care, pregnancy, babies and family inter-generational health. Wholistic healthcare for adults. Complex trauma history. Seeking relief from painful symptoms - whether they be of a physical, emotional or spiritual origin. Preventative healthcare - preparing your body for the challenges of life. Head, jaw, neck, thoracic, lumbar, pelvic, arms and legs symptoms. Mood, stress, breathing, circulation, digestive and reproductive health etc.
"The objective of the doctor is to find health, anyone can find disease"
~ Dr. Andrew Taylor Still (founder of Osteopath 1874)
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About your appointment
NEW PATIENTS: please note that Biodynamic Osteopathy is NOT a mechanical treatment method with spinal manipulation. You will be fully clothed, and get to relax on the treatment table during your session. Treatment times can vary, so please allow 60 minutes for your initial and subsequent appointments. Please also ensure you have completed your online health survey at least 24 hours before your appointment (this can be found in your initial booking confirmation and reminder emails).
If your appointment is for your BABY, please be sure to bring either your partner, grandma or trusted helper along with you. Through treating mum, it is common to achieve more significant change for baby - and this works best when mum is able to take a break, and deeply relax.
To CANCEL an appointment, please select the link in your confirmation or reminder emails. Please note that at least 24 hours notice is required - a 50% cancellation fee will apply if your appointment time cannot be filled.
EPTPOS and Private Health Fund HICAPS payment facilities are available. Sorry, this practice does NOT offer government subsidised Medicare Chronic Disease Management Plans.
Osteopathic Medicine originated almost 150 years ago in the United States. American Osteopathic Physicians are registered medical doctors and receive university training with internship, and the option of specialist training within Osteopathic hospitals. Unfortunately today, many in the US use Osteopathy as a pathway to becoming a general physician or specialist, with little interest in the profession's original foundations. Osteopath's utilise their understanding of body structure and function, and the application of manual therapy to improve the expression of health and self-healing capacity of the human body. Australian Osteopaths have 5 years of university training, and work in private practice - and unlike their American cousins, do not prescribe drug therapy or perform surgery. The Australian Osteopathic profession remains committed to Osteopathy's original foundations of manual medicine; of treating the human body as an integrated whole, and seeking people's greatest potential through preventative healthcare.
