March, 2018 | Osteopathy Wales

Continuing the Search: How to Find an Osteopath Effectively

Mar 19, 2018Osteopathy WalesMedicine, Osteopathy

In this day and age, it pays to be empowered about your choices. For anyone who is looking into trying out osteopathic treatments, it would be quite important to be aware of how to find reputable ones. The internet has made it a lot easier to disburse and find information—the issue is the validity or the credibility of that information.

Since information online can be created by just about anyone who has an internet connection, it would be important to arm yourself with the knowledge on how to find an osteopath effectively. Here are a few of our trusted methods:

Personal Recommendations

There is really nothing out there that can beat the personal recommendations of friends and even loved ones. When there is someone that you personally know that can provide trusted information regarding osteopaths in the area, you’ll have a better chance of getting a good recommendation.

While online recommendations are good, personal ones are always better. People are generally careful about handing out recommendations since they do not want their credibility to be damaged. Always use your personal network of friends and family. Ask them for any recommendations before you start the search online.

Yes, there are ‘personal’ recommendations made online. However, when the source is not someone that you know personally, the recommendation is not entirely reliable. You can base your opinions on the recommendations of famous personalities, but you need to remember that there is a chance that they might have been hired to advertise a particular clinic or osteopath.

Professional Recommendations

When you are thinking of trying out osteopathy treatment, it is always best to consult your physician. While they may have their own opinions or misgivings about the treatment, they will still provide you with recommendations.

Professional recommendations are always carefully crafted and carefully given out. It just takes one bad recommendation to tarnish the reputation of a physician or a clinic. If your search will take you online, it would be important to go through official channels. There are a lot of organizations out there with their sites full of information that people can go to in order to empower their decision making.

To Conclude

Osteopathy is a branch of medicine that has been known to provide relief to those that suffer from chronic pain. Pain is not something that anyone should choose to live with. However, if you with a substandard osteopath you end up risking greater pain. So we hope that today’s discussion will provide a useful resource on how to find an osteopath effectively.

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Before the Leap: What is Osteopathy Training is Like in the UK?

Since there has been a stark rise in the interest of Osteopathy in the UK, it only follows that there is also a spike in people who want to pursue that as a profession. For those who walk the path of an Osteopath, the journey can be quite clear. This is what we will be looking into with today’s discussion.

An osteopath is a person that legitimately practices osteopathy. Not just everyone would be able to join this profession even if they wanted to. It takes several years of education and even then there are additional training courses. Let’s dissect what osteopathy requirements and training would be like if you wanted to practice it in the UK.

The field of osteopathy can be quite competitive so it would be important to be aware of what you will need to do if you want to be an osteopath. Like:

Education

Like everything that has to do with a professional career, it start with what you study. Anyone that is trying to become an osteopath should be trying to obtain a degree in clinical sciences. Ideally, you should get a degree which majors in the osteopathic field.

Degrees can take around three to four years.

Training

If you have managed to obtain a diploma, you will need to be suitably trained. We must emphasize that any training that you sign up for should be recognized by the Council that governs Osteopathy. The actual training takes about 4 years of hands-on experience. So not only are you given the theory but trainees are given full hands-on experience.

There are options for trainees to pursue part-time training.

Certification

After you have received your training, it would be important for anyone aiming to practice in the UK to be registered with the GOsC or the General Osteopathic Council. Anyone that isn’t registered but practices shall be subject to strict criminal laws.

To Conclude

We highly commend anyone that is aiming to become an Osteopath. You’ve chosen a calling that will undoubtedly help millions in their search and pursuit of alternative treatment that will give them the relief they want. If you’re still uncertain if this is the path that is right for you, we hope that you think about it long and hard. Review the information that we’ve shared above and determine if this is something that you would like to do.

Would you consider becoming an Osteopath in the UK?