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Looking for a great Osteopath?


At Ryde Natural Health Clinic we have three great Osteopaths, Dr Kuan Ng, Dr Marty McCullock and Dr Kevin Finnan.

Kuan, Marty and Kevin practice as 'Structural Osteopaths', treating a wide range of body aches and problems including:

  • Neck, back and shoulder pain
  • Muscle strains and spasms
  • Nerve entrapments such as carpal tunnel, sciatica, and trigeminal neuralgia
  • Headaches, migraine and jaw pain
  • Arthritis and other joint conditions, and
  • Sporting injuries
Osteopathy
Dr Marty McCullock, Osteopath
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What will happen in your first session...

In your first session, your Osteopath will take your case history to establish when your pain first started, what your symptoms and concerns are and how they may have changed over time, the treatments (if any) you have recieved to date, and the impact your pain may be having on your life.

After learning of the history of your pain, your Osteopath will carry out a hands-on examination, which comprises of various tests of the spine, nervous system, muscles and joints.

Back and neck pain specialist
Dr Kuan Ng, Osteopath
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After identifying the underlying cause/s (which may or may not require referral for an x-ray, C-T scan or MRI), your Osteopath will set some treatment goals, with the ultimate goal being to restore maximal, pain-free movement to your muscles and joints.

The osteopathy treatment techniques Kuan and Kevin use in fulfilling this goal include:

  • Spinal manipulation (Also known as an 'adjustment' or 'crack')
  • Joint mobilisation
  • Muscle energy technique (MET)
  • Soft tissue /massage
  • Counterstrain
  • Balanced ligamentous tension (BLT)
  • Myofacial release
  • Visceral manipulation
  • Therapeutic ultrasound
  • Exercises

Your treatment is not painful.

How Osteopathy is Different:

Unlike the conventional approach to medicine, which emphasises the use of pharmaceuticals to mask symptoms, osteopaths take the time required to establish a clear understanding of why your problem developed in the first place, and put into place a series of steps that will attempt to resolve the underlying problem.

Put Osteopathy to Work for You

To make your first booking with one of our trained osteopaths and to see how osteopathy can reduce your pain, please call us on 9878-5021.



What is an Osteopath? (Dr Kevin Finnan)



For information on the differences between an Osteopath and a Chiropractor click Here.