Going to a doctor is impersonal by comparison, because a doctor gives medicine and (perhaps naively) we trust the medicine as much as the doctor -- but an
osteopath is someone who'll touch and twist and manipulate our body, wield physical power over us, potentially cause us pain.
Osteopaths use a range of models to rationalise their diagnosis and management, including biopsycho-social approaches which recognise the importance of psychological and sociological factors in creating health and disease [4].
Starting salaries for
osteopaths can be between PS15,000 and PS20,000 a year.
Osteopaths attract many patients because of the relatively cheap cost of treatment.
David Canevaro is a qualified
Osteopath, Rehabilitation Pilates instructor and Sports Therapist with extensive experience working with a vast range of clients in a number of outstanding health clubs, Physiotherapist and Osteopathic clinics in Central London, Brockley, and now the greater London Beckenham area.
Entry To train as a
osteopath you need at least five GCSEs (A-C)/S grades (1-3) including science-based subjects, and two or three A levels/three or equivalent, such as BTEC/ SQA national certificate/diploma or Advanced GNVQs/GSVQs Level III, preferably including biology, human biology, physics or chemistry/natural science.
"We also plan to set up a college soon, to produce trained
osteopaths in Pakistan and revolutionise the healthcare system here," she added.
Off and running: West Bromwich Albions
osteopath Tim Pepper gets in some training with Albion star Chris Brunt.
The
Osteopath is locally owned by Kevin Kirkup, who also has Osteopathic Remedy entered in the race which finished a head behind Horatio Carter in June.
But this time, instead of calling himself an
osteopath, Kitson is claiming he is an osteomyologist.
Not a traditional doctor, but an
osteopath. Am I glad I did!
JET-SETTING model turned
osteopath, Georgina Jones, knows a thing or two about looking good.