416 Ilam Road, Fendalton, Christchurch 8052
Clinic Hours: Monday - Friday 7am - 8pm
Clinic Hours: Monday-Friday 7am-8pm
The highly skilled team at Better Health Osteopathy in Fendalton, Christchurch, are dedicated to your health and wellbeing. We pride ourselves in offering excellent standards of osteopathic care to our patients who range in age from the elderly to children and babies.
Using a mixture of case history taking, osteopathic evaluation and hands-on treatments, the Better Health Osteopathy team seeks not only to treat immediate symptoms but to delve deeper and treat the underlying cause of the pain or discomfort, thereby preventing ongoing issues and returning patients back to everyday health as quickly as possible.
Our Osteopathic treatment often includes gentle mobilisation and manipulation of joints and muscles myofascial release to release the tension in soft tissues (ligaments, tendons, muscles).
Rehabilitation exercises also often form an essential part of our treatment plan. These can include muscle stretching, strengthening, and proprioception retraining programs. An integral component of the overall treatment plan is to address the underlying cause of the dysfunction and educate the patient on ways to improve their health moving forward.
Better Health Osteopathy treats a broad range of sporting injuries, pains, strains and other ailments. This means if you are suffering from any type of musculoskeletal pain, our highly skilled osteopaths should be able to assist you with a diagnosis and a tailor-made osteopathic treatment and rehabilitation plan.
We specialise in treating patients with chronic and ongoing injuries which appear to be slow to heal and have not responded well to other treatment modalities. We always aim to treat the root cause of your pain and not just the symptoms. See below for a more in-depth look into some of the conditions and health issues Osteopaths can treat.
At Better Health Osteopathy, we work closely with other registered healthcare providers, including; GPs, surgeons, musculoskeletal specialists, sports doctors, midwives, and more. We aim to provide the best level of care for all our patients, whatever their needs, and will happily work with whoever you choose to achieve the desired outcome.
If you need help from other health practitioners, we have an established network of surgeons, musculoskeletal specialists, and sports doctors with whom we work closely to achieve the best treatment outcomes for our patients.
Our Osteopaths can refer our patients directly to Pacific Radiology for X-rays and Ultrasounds. If the patient is willing to pay for private healthcare, we can also make direct referrals for MRI scans. We can also request steroidal injections at Pacific Radiology, a radiologist will perform this treatment.
At Better Health Osteopathy, we accept ACC patients and file all the necessary paperwork. Patients are then granted up to 16 treatments to be used over 12 months from the date of injury. However, interestingly, ACC data shows that a patient typically recovers from their injury after about 3.6 osteopathic treatments.
Lorraine Herity is the Clinic Director of Better Health Osteopathy in Christchurch. Having previously worked in Osteopathic clinics in London and Ireland, Lorraine moved to New Zealand in 2013, where she opened the Better Health Osteopathy clinic in Fendalton in 2016.
Lorraine complete her Osteopath training at the British School of Osteopathy in London, where she gained her Master of Osteopathy (M.Ost). Lorraine is a dedicated and passionate Osteopath whose main aim is to help patients regain their health and return to their everyday activities as quickly as possible.
Lorraine is also a clinic tutor for the Bachelor of Musculoskeletal Health and Osteopathic post-grad Diploma provided by the Ara Institute of Canterbury and relishes the opportunity to teach and guide the next generation of Osteopaths.
To become an Osteopath, you must undergo four-five years of intensive training in order to skillfully diagnose and treat various forms of dysfunction in the body. During this comprehensive training, Osteopaths focus on studying the anatomy, physiology, pathology and neurology of the body, as well as general medical diagnostic skills and various Osteopathic treatment techniques.
In Christchurch, the Ara Institute of Canterbury offers a Bachelor of Musculoskeletal Health degree and an Osteopathic post-grad Diploma, which are examples of the qualifications needed for an Osteopath in New Zealand.
All our Osteopaths at Better Health Osteopathy are fully registered with the Osteopathic Council of New Zealand. Osteopaths are also regulated under the same legislation (New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000) as Doctors and Nurses.
Osteopaths are commonly known to treat a range of ailments such as sports injuries, back and neck pain, acute and chronic pain conditions, pre and post-pregnancy issues, and headaches, to name a few, but they also treat a very wide range of other injuries, health conditions and problems take a look below for just some of the things Better Health Osteopathy can help you with.
For more information on how Better Health Osteopathy can help you – call Lorraine to discuss your condition 027 755 5700 or click here to make a booking. Better Health Osteopathy is open Monday- Friday with late evening appointments available.
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