When diagnosing, the entire body is assessed and taken into account as it is common place for several problem areas to amount into the presenting complaint. It is possible for an Osteopath to address physical problems that are both long standing and recently occurring, however as with all manual therapies, for maximum effectiveness, the sooner a problem is addressed by an Osteopath then the better the overall outcome will be. The physical problems that osteopathy can help with are quite numerous and thanks to a variety of techniques it is possible to cater to a range of ages and people, allowing treatment from newborn to old age and everything in between.
