Patient-Centred Care: My symptoms are unique to me and that's how I should be treated! At Elevate Osteopathic, Mudjimba, Queensland, we understand that your health is unique to you.  When you experience neck or shoulder pain the symptoms you experienced are unique to you so why would we treat everyone the same?  [...]

Headaches, how frustrating!?  Especially when you feel like your chasing your tail trying to find answers… “what’s that pain in my head”.  Headaches are one of the most common symptoms I encounter in practice and we all experience them differently.  Osteopathy is a gentle form of manual medicine (meaning we use our hands in treatment) [...]

Neck Pain aka Cervical Spine Sprain/Strain Neck pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal problem encounter by manual therapists.  It typically refers to acute pain arising from injured soft tissue around the neck including muscles, tendons and/or ligaments.  One of the main causes of cervical pain is often due to acceleration-deceleration injuries frequently [...]

As an Osteopath at Elevate Osteopathic, Mudjimba, Queensland,  I often get asked this question, “ What is a Wellness Approach to Health Care?”.  With so many clinics changing their approach to focus on wellness rather than symptoms and disease, it’s important to distinguish the differences between these two competing thoughts of health care. Our [...]