13Th Beach Osteopathy & Health Services
Osteopath in Greater Geelong

Osteopathy - reformed pilates - massage at 13th beach osteopathy & health services, located in barwon heads on the bellarine peninsula, patients are provided with safe and effective treatments, empowering the individual to take control of their health and wellbeing. At our osteopathic clinic we believe that self-management plays an important role in the treatment plan especially for patients with chronic conditions. Patients are educated to fully understand the cause and the nature of the pain to help prevent recurrence of the injury or condition. This enables us to provide the most appropriate osteopathic treatment for each individual patient and effectively treating not just the symptoms but the underlying cause of the problem. Our osteopaths place great emphasis on performing a thorough examination to accurately assess and diagnose your condition. Through patients taking an active role in their recovery, together we can achieve realistic and lasting outcomes.

At 13th Beach Osteopathy Health Services patients will experience cozy and thorough treatments that attain genuine results to reduce pain and amplify movement. Although David enjoys treating a wide range of conditions he has a keen interest in treating pregnancy related issues, children and sporting injuries having completed a Masters study in 2006 busy with AF footballers. Teneille has worked at numerous Osteopathic clinics in Melbourne and enjoys treating a broad range of conditions using a wide variety of Osteopathic techniques, which are tailored to each individual patient. She applies the Osteopathic principles to each tolerant treating the body as a complete unit, not only treating the area of pain but also looking at other areas that may be influencing the pain or sore due to compensation. Teneille takes a special interest in treating and managing conditions such as sporting injuries, women's health such as pain during and after pregnancy, and lengthy standing chronic conditions such as neck pain and under back pain. Having had a lengthy term involvement in netball and football clubs, Melissa has developed a keen interest in treating athletes from all types of sports and helping parents return to sport after injury. Joanne enjoys treating patients with Massage as segment of their overall Allied Health Treatment program to assist with Muscular aches, pains and soreness from overuse, injuries or Medical conditions. She especially enjoys the sports and injury side of massage. When we consider our training plan being a 10 week program we can expect a week or two of relative reduction in loads. Consistent massage increases flexibility which leads to an amplify in the range of motion a muscle requires. For an athlete to maintain optimal performance, they must have a high degree of flexibility. A slightly more advanced version of the normal single leg squat this one involves a reciprocal action with the other leg, making it close to a walking or running gait. It can then be used as a key energy source during exercise to fuel exercising muscle tissue and other body systems. It is urgent to begin your intake hasty in exercise and to consume routine amounts throughout the exercise period. Carbohydrate foods and fluids should be consumed behind exercise, particularly in the first one to two hours after exercise. Protein supplements are therefore unlikely to improve your sporting performance. Acute workload most commonly refers to the amount of loading completed within a given week of training. Obviously there are many other variables to your training other than volume, but this is a really easy and effective place to begin to avoid those optional injuries that so many runners experience early in their training plans. We will be posting weekly tips and ways to manage your training including how to balance training loads, Pilates exercises to maintain flexibility and strength, benefits of massage for injury prevention, how to taper and also race day structure. These forces may result in painful injuries to the muscles, ligaments and joints of the neck and other spinal areas. Exercise to foster flexibility, strength and good posture. The core muscles do not only consist of the abdominal musculature, but also consists of the trunk muscles, pelvic muscles and quite importantly the muscles of the hips and shoulders. A mighty core can lead to the improvement of everyday life, injury prevention, chronic back pain reduction, and enhanced sports performance. Both under training and over training pose risks to our tissues.