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Your first visit will last approximately an hour.
In this time, the osteopath will take a case history
which includes taking detailed medical history
and important information about your lifestyle
and diet.
Once the case history has been taken you will
be asked, if required, to undress to your underwear
(or if you prefer you can wear shorts) and asked
to perform a series of simple movements to allow
the osteopath to make a full diagnosis and an
individual treatment plan.
Treatment is through a range of stretching, mobilising
and manipulative techniques. With added exercises
and health advice, osteopaths help to reduce the
symptoms and improve your health and quality of
life.
If additional treatments are required these usually
last half an hour.
Do ask questions at anytime during your consultation
if you are unsure.
Since our first tentative visit to Paul - quite
some time ago now - we feel that we have discovered
a young man who is not only sensitive to, and
understanding of, our physical needs but who delivers
his treatment with kindness and a gentle sense
of humour. Regular visits to him have gone a long
way towards enabling us to maintain our mobility
as the advancing years have begun to take their
toll and he has also been helpful in easing discomfort
after "one-off aches and strains"! He
will clearly state what he feels he can - or can
not - do to help so does not prolong treatments
and, therefore, un-necessary expense.
A visit to discuss your specific requirements
might be extraordinarily helpful, because his
qualifications as a Registered Osteopath equip
him to offer treatment for a surprising variety
of conditions.
We would recommend him most highly. 
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Paul's approach includes both traditional joint
manipulation and articulation (moving), muscle
energy techniques (using the muscles to relax
themselves), together with more gentle Cranial
Osteopathic techniques, soft tissue massage
and rhythmical movement techniques. Paul combines
both classical and modern osteopathic approaches
to health by treating patients as a whole and
not just a collection of different body parts.
Paul has a particular interest in treating
breathing disorders and digestive problems.
Paul is qualified and registered with the General
Osteopathic Council.
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Practitioner - Paul Lewis B.Ost.