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Biodynamic Osteopathy is best suited to those seeking symptom relief AND personal growth. These are inter-dependent in Biodynamic treatment. Treatments involve finding your central stillness, embryo/blueprint and original Health within. Biodynamic treatment extends beyond the mechanics of human body structure, into the deeper functions of soul and spirit - the combination of all 3 are what generate a self-healing response.
​Welcome to Healing Tree Osteopathy
Learn about Biodynamic Osteopathy - the Direction of Ease
New patients please read 'about your appointment' at the bottom of this page. If you are seeking treatment for yourself and baby, please choose a paediatric booking and ensure that you arrange a helper to accompany you to your appointment.
When a biodynamic osteopath lays hands upon a person's body, they are feeling for the Health, embryo or perfection within. They don't focus on reducing symptoms or finding problems to fix. During treatment a patient relaxes into deep rest, and begins to feel their Health within also. Healing is a return to wholeness - a unity of body, soul and spirit.
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"Normal requires a point of rest. It is through this point of rest, or neutral, that the organism maintains its integrity as a whole. It is through the point of rest that the indwelling healing forces restore and regenerate function and form." ~ Dr. James Jealous DO (Founder of Biodynamic Osteopathy)
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Therapeutic change from biodynamic osteopathy mostly happens between treatments, not on the treatment table itself.eClinical outcomes are therefore determined by the ability to retain therapeutic momentum between treatments. The recommended time between treatments can vary from 1 week to 4 months, depending upon present circumstances, personal/family history, and the amount of momentum already present within.
Why Biodynamic Osteopathy?
Biodynamic treatment is suited to preconception care, pregnancy, babies and family inter-generational health. Wholistic healthcare for adults. Complex trauma history. Seeking relief from painful symptoms - whether they be of a physical, emotional or spiritual origin. Preventative healthcare - preparing your body for the challenges of life. Head, jaw, neck, thoracic, lumbar, pelvic, arms and legs symptoms. Mood, stress, breathing, circulation, digestive and reproductive health etc.​
Dr. James Jealous DO was an osteopathic physician, obstetrician and the founder of Biodynamic Osteopathy. He characterised Traditional Osteopathy as a science based on anatomy, and Biodynamic Osteopathy as a science based on embryology.
The term "Biodynamic" arose through the work of German embryologist Erich Blechshmidt. His research demonstrated how dynamic metabolic fluid movements within the protoplasm of a developing human embryo, lay down an initial blueprint or 3D matrix before genetics begin to influence growth and development. Osteopathy and Embryology both describe "a force outside the embryo creating internal events and healing. This almost unbelievable reality is present throughout life and dictates much of the beauty seen in treatments" ~ Dr James Jealous DO
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Adapted versions of cranial and biodynamic osteopathy have been taken outside the osteopathic medical profession and taught to the general public; these are called 'craniosacral therapy' and 'biodynamic craniosacral therapy'. Even though they share the same name, Biodynamic Osteopathy has no connection to the Biodynamic farming principles of Rudolph Steiner.
​​Osteopathic Medicine works with the inherent forces of Nature
Through the gentle laying on of hands, Biodynamic Osteopathy involves feeling the Health (blueprint, embryo, perfect potential, silence, spiritual light & mystery) within every human being. This Health is hidden and often forgotten beneath complex layers of intergenerational, family and personal trauma, cultural and educational imprinting, metabolic, chemical or emotional stress and protective compensations - all of which deviate an individual from their originality, natural calmness, inner organisation and self-healing capacity.
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The active phase of Biodynamic treatment is typically performed in silence, however an osteopath may ask questions or share information about an unfolding treatment process (for the purpose of deepening a pathway to the Health within). For those patients unfamiliar with holistic treatment principles, this type of self-enquiry may feel a little too close for comfort. It is worth keeping in mind that you are not your personal or family history - you are the silence, the spiritual light, perfect potential, embryo, and the Health emerging from within. This is what a biodynamic osteopath is seeking to find within you.
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When considering treatment outcomes, the Health will typically generate deeper therapeutic change with longer-term outcomes in mind. If you are seeking a quick fix, then Biodynamic Osteopathy may not be for you. When treatment gets closer to the Health, silence and nothingness begin to envelope our senses. We fall into a twilight sleep as our perception of time disappears. This is the place where the deepest work of Biodynamic Osteopathy occurs, in the depths of the mystery and unknown - until we awaken on the other side, in a closer relationship to the Health and our self-healing capacity.
Osteopathic Medicine originated almost 150 years ago in the United States. American Osteopathic Physicians are registered medical doctors and receive university training with internship, and the option of specialist training within Osteopathic hospitals. Unfortunately today, many in the US use Osteopathy as a pathway to becoming a general physician or specialist, with little interest in the profession's original foundations. Osteopath's utilise their understanding of body structure and function, and the application of manual therapy to improve the expression of health and self-healing capacity of the human body. Australian Osteopaths have 5 years of university training, and work in private practice - and unlike their American cousins, do not prescribe drug therapy or perform surgery. The Australian Osteopathic profession remains committed to Osteopathy's original foundations of manual medicine; of treating the human body as an integrated whole, and seeking people's greatest potential through preventative healthcare.
"The objective of the doctor is to find health, anyone can find disease"
~ Dr. Andrew Taylor Still (founder of Osteopath 1874)
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About your appointment
NEW PATIENTS: please note that Biodynamic Osteopathy is NOT a mechanical treatment method with spinal manipulation. You will be fully clothed, and get to relax on the treatment table during your session. Treatment times can vary, so please allow 60 minutes for your initial and subsequent appointments. Please also ensure you have completed your online health survey at least 24 hours before your appointment (this can be found in your initial booking confirmation and reminder emails).
​If your appointment is for your BABY, please be sure to bring either your partner, grandma or trusted helper along with you. Through treating mum, it is common to achieve more significant change for baby - and this works best when mum is able to take a break, and deeply relax.
To CANCEL an appointment, please select the link in your confirmation or reminder emails. Please note that at least 24 hours notice is required - a 50% cancellation fee will apply if your appointment time cannot be filled.
EPTPOS and Private Health Fund HICAPS payment facilities are available. Sorry, this practice does NOT offer government subsidised Medicare Chronic Disease Management Plans.
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