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What is Biodynamic Osteopathy?
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New patients please read 'about your appointment' below. 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.
If you live near Dunsborough, are experiencing lower back pain, and are seeking more immediate symptom relief: you are welcome to get in touch HERE. Mechanical treatments are only made available at the end of my working day - since they don't mix well with gentle Biodynamic Osteopathy. You will of course be informed that any mechanical treatment carries increased safety risks.
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 could potentially 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 of an embryo, and the Health emerging from within. This is what your 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.
"The objective of the doctor is to find health, anyone can find disease"
~ Dr. Andrew Taylor Still (founder of Osteopath 1874)
Healing Tree Osteopathy has designed a posture cushion, which supports the lower back and opens the chest for an elongated spine when driving your car. It is a not-for-profit venture. Please get in touch HERE if you need help avoiding posture related health problems.
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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 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, 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 (so that we can cover expenses).
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.
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.
ABOUT
Hi, my name is David and I've been in Osteopathic practice since 1998. Navigating the inner feeling and instinctual world of the human body comes naturally to me, and is the reason why I chose Osteopathy. Soon after my own birth, I had emergency brain surgery to resolve the effects of a traumatic forceps delivery. A residual intracranial cyst has since affecting my hearing and sensory processing; and has bought the gifts and challenges associated with neurodiversity. I have relied upon sensitivity and empathy to feel what people are saying, and this has become my gift in clinical practice. On the flip side, it's easily to become overwhelmed with so much information. Time spent in the US with Dr. Jealous has helped me find my place in the world, and know the Health within; and for this I am eternally grateful. I love helping people of all ages, and especially before and after birth.
