An osteopath at Medium with both hands flat along the back of a client lying under an indigo blanket.

Osteopathy in Oaxaca, Mexico

What to Expect from Your Osteopathic Manual Practitioner

Your first osteopathy treatment with us is going to begin with fifteen to twenty minutes of talking so that we can get a complete history of your conditions and understand your health situation. Our osteopathic practice utilizes hands-on diagnostics to understand limitations to how your body moves and feels. And then we’ll continue with about 30 to 60 minutes of gentle, clothes-on techniques designed to improve circulation, reduce discomfort, and enhance your general sense of wellbeing. Please bring comfortable clothing to change into.

Osteopathic Full Body Alignment

Proper Spinal Alignment

Proper spinal alignment is an important aspect of osteopathic adjustments. You’ll simply feel healthier and more vibrantly alive with vertebral misalignments corrected, promoting a healthy spine.

An osteopath standing over a client lying face down, both hands flat along the upper back above a blue Oaxacan blanket.

Cervical Spine Alignment

Our osteopaths perform cervical spine alignments to clear out situations involving discomfort in the neck and promote spinal health. Techniques applied to treat the neck are extremely gentle. Shoulder alignment is typically performed in conjunction with a cervical spine alignment to provide a level base for the neck so it can have its full range of motion.

An osteopath supporting a seated client’s head with both hands during cranial work.

Visceral Osteopathy

A very common use case for osteopathy is to treat the viscera, commonly known as the digestive tract. Techniques will release neural tension in a way that improves digestion and calms the nervous system. Visceral osteopathy also tends to have the effect of reducing tension and discomfort in the legs.

Pelvic Health

From the perspective of osteopathy in Mexico, pelvic health is extremely important because it’s the center of the body. A strategy to align the center of the body accelerates healing of injuries at the extremities. Proper pelvic alignment also accommodates the organs within the torso to achieve their intended function. Resolving a pelvic health issue typically ignites systemic wellbeing throughout the body.

Tailbone Pain

Tailbone pain (coccyx pain) can easily be treated in just a few minutes with osteopathic alignment. A person with a tailbone misalignment typically experiences discomfort sitting and a rigid body that’s usually worse in the morning and warms up throughout the day. In addition to a tailbone that hurts when sitting, tailbone misalignments are associated with a general sense of being disconnected from the reality of planet Earth. Tailbone injuries can occur from accidents such as falls; however, a bruised tailbone can also occur from prolonged sitting.

Hip Adjustment

Proper hip alignment is achieved by leveling the hips in all three dimensions so that the pelvic floor sits level. The pelvic floor is a diaphragm muscle, much like a drum head, that resonates with the respiratory diaphragm. Proper hip alignment generally results in dramatically increased energy and reduced emotional sensitivity. A hip misalignment fix is a simple technique that can be achieved in minutes, and several alignments spaced out over several weeks generally can provide a permanent resolution for hip misalignments.

An osteopath working along a client’s spine as they lie face down on the treatment table.
A therapist at Medium supporting a client’s bent knee with both hands during a session in Oaxaca.

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Osteopathy and Pregnancy

Osteopathic manipulations are appropriate during pregnancy. The musculoskeletal alignments can be produced at many angles to avoid laying face down during adjustments. The techniques are extremely gentle and can be used even in the late stages of pregnancy. Also, osteopathic alignments can be applied to both mother and child to accelerate the healing of injuries incurred during childbirth.