What Osteopathy can help
The same gentle, hands-on work applies across a wide range of problems. These are some of the most common.
Children & Newborns
Treatment for infants is extremely gentle. Families come in for feeding difficulties, unsettled sleep or excessive fussiness, digestive concerns, recurring ear infections, and as children grow, the falls, bumps, or developmental concerns that can occur.
- Strains from birth
- Feeding difficulties
- Unsettled sleep & fussiness
- Recurrent ear & sinus infections
- Bumps, falls & growing pains
- Growth & developmental concerns
Headaches, Concussion & Jaw
Pain often starts somewhere other than where it hurts. The cranium, jaw, and neck work as a single mechanism and integrate with the entire body, so strain in one area can show up as headache, migraine, jaw tension, or other symptoms that persist after a stress or injury. The same strain can impair drainage and contribute to recurrent ear and sinus infections. Treatment addresses the mechanism as a whole.
- Headaches & migraines
- Concussion & post-concussion syndrome
- TMJ & jaw pain
- Recurrent ear & sinus infections
Chronic Pain
When pain persists for months or years, something is usually maintaining it: an old injury, a compensation pattern, tissue that never regained its normal motion. Treatment looks for what is holding the pattern in place instead of treating only the spot that hurts.
- Neck & back pain
- Joint pain & instability
- Muscle tension & chronic strain
- Nerve entrapments & sciatica
Neurological & Post-Infectious Concerns
Not every lingering symptom has a structural cause, but many do. Nerves pass through narrow places, and strain around them can produce pain, tingling, numbness, or dizziness. After an infection, restricted drainage and breathing mechanics can leave congestion and fatigue behind long after the illness itself has passed. Treatment works to restore the motion these systems depend on.
- Nerve pain, tingling & numbness
- Dizziness & vertigo
- Recurrent ear, sinus & respiratory infections
- Lingering fatigue, congestion, or brain-fog after illness
Sports Injuries
By the time an injury slows an athlete down, the body has often been compensating around it for a while. Treating the whole pattern, not just the injured spot, restores normal mechanics and lowers the risk of reinjury.
- Acute & overuse injuries
- Lingering old injuries
Auto Injuries
The forces of a collision pass through the whole body, and symptoms may appear weeks after the visible injuries have healed. Whiplash rarely involves the neck alone, so treatment follows the strain wherever it goes.
- Whiplash
- Post-accident pain & stiffness
Don’t see your situation here? Call the office to schedule a free 15-minute phone consultation — or email your question — and find out whether Osteopathy is likely to help.
“An osteopath reasons from his knowledge of anatomy. He compares the work of the abnormal body with the work of the normal body.”
— A.T. Still, MD, DO, founder of Osteopathy
The Experience
What treatment is like
Treatment is quiet, and often gentler than people expect. You lie fully clothed on a table while Dr. Dubey uses his hands to find where tissues have lost their natural motion, then applies osteopathic treatment to help them release.
Afterward it’s common to feel looser, perhaps tired or sore, as the body adjusts over the following days.
Most patients find treatment deeply relaxing.
Meet Dr. DubeyGood to know
- Gentle — nothing is forced
- Fully clothed — wear something comfortable you can move in
- First visits: 60–70 minutes (40–60 for children) — history, hands-on exam, and treatment
- Return visits: 30–40 minutes (20–30 for children) — spaced out so the body has time to respond
- All ages — treatment is adjusted to each patient
New to Osteopathy? Start with the introduction — where the medicine comes from, how treatment works, and what terms like OMM and OMT mean.