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Book a gentle Biodynamic Osteo appointment
The deeper relaxation of Biodynamic Osteopathy unlocks and enables the body's own self-healing capacity. Holistic outcomes of Biodynamic treatment can be of a physical, emotional or spiritual nature. Treatment is guided by the Health itself, so past traumas will emerge and unfold in their own timing. New patients please read 'about your appointment' below. If you are seeking treatment for yourself and BABY, please choose a paediatric booking. See below for more details about Biodynamic Osteopathy.
Book a firmer structural Osteo appointment
For Back Pain Relief in Dunsborough we offer an anti-gravity method of Osteopathic treatment. This method is specifically designed to directly address the bio-mechanical effects of gravity upon the human spine, and to re-educate the body into an elongated form. Therapeutic outcomes are of a physical nature only, with more immediate symptomatic relief - so you can get back to work or play sooner.
Click HERE for more details about the anti-gravity method. Feel free to also get in touch if you require an Osteopath designed lumbar cushion to manage chronic back pain.
Welcome to Healing Tree Osteopathy
Biodynamic Osteopathy a soft touch treatment method that cooperates with the aliveness and movement already present within the human body. When a practitioner and patient let go/surrender, the body is able to do the work of unravelling past trauma held deep within. Deeply letting go isn't as easy as it sounds - Biodynamic Osteopathy therefore assists in opening this doorway of therapeutic potential. Treatments involve the gentle laying on of hands, with NO massage, stretching, physical manipulation or joint 'cracking' required. The following 3-minute description highlights the uniqueness of Biodynamic Osteopathy; a treatment method developed within the Osteopathic Medical Profession over the past 150 years.
The late Dr. James Jealous (Osteopathic Physician, Obstetrician, and founder of Biodynamic Osteopathy), given his 50 years of clinical experience, was asked how he explained Biodynamic treatment to his own patients. This was his reply.
"I'm honest with my patients. I say that I'm feeling for the Health within you, and waiting for you to feel it also"
'Health' is a universal mystery that brings life and awareness to all living things. It incorporates the wholeness of the (impermanent) physical body, (ancient) instinctive mind and (eternal) spirit. From the Biodynamic experience, we are suspended within an 'Ocean' of consciousness - that passes through the physical body, into the natural and supernatural world. During treatment, clearly defined therapeutic change arises from any of these aspects of the Health. When we are receptive to its presence, we are guided by the Tide (within this Ocean) of the Health. We are in reality, more integral to nature (and the greater mystery within life) than our individual ego and rational thinking mind would have us believe.
'Biodynamic' forces of embryological growth and development (hence the name 'Biodynamic Osteopathy') continue to guide the human body's self-healing capacity throughout life. These therapeutic forces are amplified when an Osteopath finds and synchronises with the Health (or a person's greatest potential) within - so often hidden under layers of accumulated stress, strain and trauma.
'Neutral' is a term used within Biodynamic Osteopathy, that describes the process of surrender (or letting go) of any outcome that you might individually desire, and trusting instead that the Health will guide you to exactly where you need to be, and in the perfect timing required. When relaxing into a deepening neutral during Biodynamic Osteopathic treatment, a doorway opens into the stillness, mystery and healing potential of the Health. The Osteopath then supports any treatment process that emerges from within.
Biodynamic treatment restores wholeness and fluidity within the physical body (and a receptivity to the influence of the Health and the Tide). In other words there is an awakening of the body's own self-healing capacity. Feeling the Health within brings a sense of wholeness and wellbeing; and being under the influence of the Tide allows Life itself to become our guide, teacher and healer. Over time, synchronicity brings our hidden story to the surface - and Biodynamic treatment assists in a resolution, without the need to re-live past traumatic events. Biodynamic treatment involves a return to the Health FIRST - followed by an unravelling and transmutation of stress, strain and trauma (of a physical, emotional or spiritual nature) held deep within the body.
Osteopathic Medicine originated in 1874 with Dr. Andrew Still MD (US army surgeon). Dr. Still was disillusioned by medical treatments available at the time - that focused upon finding disease, and using drug therapies (with unpredictable and unwanted side-effects). Osteopathic Medicine by contrast uses a practitioner's listening hands to restore a human body's own self-healing capacity, through the holistic re-integration of structure and function. Today, more than 25% of all US medical students are pursuing Osteopathic Medicine.
"The objective of the doctor is to find health, anyone can find disease"
~ Dr. Andrew Taylor Still
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About your appointment
NEW PATIENTS: please note that Healing Tree Osteopathy does NOT use mechanical treatment methods and 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 before your appointment (this can be found in your initial booking confirmation and reminder emails). Please complete your survey at least 24 hours before your appointment - this will give me a head start, and allow us to get the most value from your treatment.
If your appointment is for your BABY, please be sure to bring either your partner, grandma or a helper along with you. Through treating mum, one very often achieves 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 - an $80 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.
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.
ABOUT
Hi, my name is David and I've been in Osteopathic practice since 1998. I was originally inspired by and studied Architecture, because a well designed building fulfils our physical, emotional and spiritual needs. The human body performs this same function. So why was I drawn to the spiritual foundation of Architecture and Osteopathy? I had emergency brain surgery immediately after my own birth, and a residual intracranial cyst affects my hearing, reading and general sensory processing. I rely upon a stable foundation of stillness to function at my best - and this has become my gift to share. Biodynamic Osteopathic treatment has helped me find deep rest, fulfilment and healing in an overstimulating world. I love helping people of all ages, and especially around the time of birth.
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. 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.
