In simple terms, Osteopathy is often considered a holistic hybrid of physiotherapy and chiropractic techniques, aimed at improving the overall health and well-being of clients.

We utilise a range of manual therapy techniques like soft tissue massage and joint mobilisation, along with exercise prescription and potentially some manipulations to achieve a positive improvement in pain levels and/or mobility to empower you to restart your fitness goals.

Our goal is to help reduce or even eliminate the symptoms of pain you’re experiencing, while also discovering the causes and create a plan to change those potential factors in your life.

Our approach is non-invasive, encourages drug-free healing where possible and empathetic, while remaining result driven.

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Most osteopathy sessions will follow a similar order of events:

• Introduction

• Detailed personal history of health, injury and potential factors contributing to pain.

• Goal setting

• Musculoskeletal assessments (testing your available movement)

• Proposed treatment plan with provisional diagnosis

• Hands-on treatment

• Exercise prescription

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Many people ask about what an osteopath does, how is it different to physiotherapy and/or chiropractic care…
and so many people can’t give a proper answer!

The overly simplified answer is:

• Physiotherapists focus on rehabilitation through exercises and modalities, addressing specific injuries or conditions. 

• Chiropractors primarily adjust (‘Crack’) the spine to enhance nervous system function, often focusing on musculoskeletal issues. 

• Osteopaths use manual techniques like massage and manipulations, to restore overall body function, emphasising holistic health and treating the cause, not the symptom. Some people therefore like to say that osteopathy is similar to a combination of both chiropractic and physiotherapy.

  
  While all aim for pain relief and improved function, the methods and philosophies differ not just amongst professions but even the professionals who deliver it, offering diverse options for patients seeking care.

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Many osteopaths over rely on purely hands-on treatment to address pains and discomforts and forget that health and healing are multi-factorial and can be changed through multiple means simultaneously.

Here at Bison Osteo, we pride ourselves on:

• Using manual hands-on techniques like massage, stretching, manipulations (‘cracking’) and occasionally dry-needling to achieve short term improvements in pain and mobility.

• Employing multiple forms of exercise rehabilitation to assist in improving the long term strength, mobility and function of the musculoskeletal system.

• Communicating openly, truthfully and empathetically about options for your recovery

• Passionately listen and formulate strategies to assist you in best achieving your personal goals.

• ALWAYS putting your health and well-being above personal profit or gain.

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Our osteopaths can help treat or assist with a variety of injuries and issues.
This includes but is not limited to:

• Sports-related injuries

• Sciatica and sciatic-like symptoms

• Headaches and Migraines

• Muscular strains and injuries

• Shoulder injuries and rehabilitation

• Tendonitis management and rehabilitation

• Work related injuries and management of return to activity

• Repetitive strain injuries (RSI’s)

• Arthritis management

• General areas of miscellaneous pain

• Upper back pain

• Neck pain

• Shoulder pain

• Low back pain

• Hip pain

• Knee pain

• Foot/ankle pain

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Isaiah ‘Bison’ Young

The nickname ‘Bison’ came from two of my basketball coaches in 2008.
Verbatim, this was their reasoning: 

‘Would have been late 2008 I reckon, you were just a bloody brute and built like a bison so we rolled with it… didn’t think it would stick for 15+ years.’

However, over time this name took on a new meaning and this has translated into part of why I named the business ‘Bison Osteo’.

Bison can weigh up to 430kg-1000kg, are able to run up to 55km/hour, can jump and turn almost as quickly as deer can, while also being able to swim with ease. Despite their size, they are extremely athletic, strong and durable…

Athletic. Strong. Durable.

These qualities are things we associate with the ‘fittest’ and ‘healthiest’ humans, yet they are remarkably simple characteristics to possess given discipline and commitment. 

The goal of ‘Bison Osteo’ is to empower and encourage people to become the most athletic, strong and durable versions of themselves, simply for the purpose of ‘feeling better’ and ‘moving for longer’, to help unlock the the quality of life you want and deserve.

However to be clear - I do not perform osteopathy on bisons, nor are there any bison for you to pat and play with at our sessions.