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Melville Osteopathy

We are located in Myaree with a professional team offering consultations in Osteopathy, Massage, Na

24/12/2025

Merry Christmas from everyone at Melville Osteopathy! 🎄✨

As the year winds down, we want to take a moment to thank all our patients, friends, and community for being part of our journey. This season is about connection, care, and celebration - whether that’s spending time with loved ones, enjoying some festive treats, or simply taking a quiet moment for yourself.
May your holidays be filled with joy, laughter, and good health. Here’s to stepping into the new year with energy, optimism, and a little extra spring in your step!
From all of us, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year - we look forward to supporting your wellbeing in the year ahead. 🌟

22/12/2025

How Osteopathy Supports Whole-Body Health 🌿
Your body’s systems don’t work in isolation - and neither does osteopathy. This holistic approach considers how your musculoskeletal, circulatory, and nervous systems all interact to keep you moving and feeling your best.
Through gentle manual techniques, osteopathic treatment aims to restore balance, ease restrictions, and support optimal communication between body systems. The results? The potential for improved mobility, reduced pain, and even enhanced organ function, as circulation and nerve flow improve throughout the body.
Think of it as tuning the whole orchestra - not just one instrument. When every part plays in harmony, the result is better overall health and vitality.
Have you noticed changes beyond pain relief after treatment? We’d love to hear your experience below! 💬

20/12/2025

The holidays are here — twinkling lights, festive feasts, and perhaps a few extra mince pies. But all that gift wrapping, cooking marathons, and holiday travel can leave your body feeling more “bah humbug” than “ho ho ho.” Luckily, we've just published our latest blog with movement tips to keep help you enjoy the season with a little extra jingle in your joints.

Check it out at the link below 👇

https://melvilleosteopathy.com.au/unwrap-wellness-5-ways-to-keep-moving-well-this-christmas/

19/12/2025

🤯 Your headache might feel like it’s “all in your head,” but the science tells a more intricate story. Many headaches originate from biomechanical and neurovascular dysfunctions in the cervical spine and upper thoracic region. Tight muscles, restricted joints, and altered postural mechanics can compress cervical nerves, distort vertebral alignment, and impede blood flow - all of which increase nociceptive input to the trigeminocervical complex, the brainstem hub that integrates sensory signals from the neck and head. Over time, this sensitises the central nervous system, turning minor tension into full-blown headaches.

Osteopathy works to address these underlying mechanisms to recalibrate pain signalling and support your body’s innate self- regulation. In essence, it’s about rewiring tension, rebalancing flow, and resetting your headache circuitry.

Call Melville Osteopathy on 9330 1212 to explore how osteopathy may help modulate your headache pathways. 🌿

16/12/2025

Word of the Day: Jaw 🦴 /ʤɔː/

From Middle English jawe (later jowe), the word comes from Old English ceowan, meaning “to chew.” 🍽️ Scientifically known as the mandible, the jaw forms the lower part of the skull and connects to the temporal bone at the temporomandibular joint (TMJ).
This small but powerful joint is remarkably versatile - opening up to around 50 mm when you yawn 😮, gliding forward to bite 🦷, and shifting side to side as you chew or speak. It’s an extraordinary range of motion for such a compact structure - but with so much movement, things can sometimes go awry. Enter Temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMD), which causes pain, stiffness, or clicking when the joint isn’t moving as it should.
If you’re suffering, call Melville Osteopathy on 9330 1212 to learn how osteopathy may help ease jaw tension and support smoother movement. 📞

15/12/2025

The surgery’s done, the stitches are out, and everyone says you’re “healed.” So why doesn’t your body quite agree? Sometimes recovery feels less like a clean cut and more like a puzzle that needs gentle piecing together — and that’s where osteopathy steps in. If you'd like to find out more check out our latest blog at the link below. 👇

https://melvilleosteopathy.com.au/osteopathy-for-post-surgical-recovery-what-you-need-to-know/

13/12/2025

Weekend warrior gone wobbly? Sport gives us grit, glory… and the occasional groan - from tight calves after triumph to shoulders that protest every swing. Our osteopaths work to help you find the balance again, loosening what’s locked, soothing what’s sore, and steadying what’s been stretched too far.
It’s about restoring rhythm as much as recovery - with gentle hands-on care, smart rehab, and movement made marvellous again.
Because the best comeback isn’t just quick - it’s strong, steady and smiling.
Call Melville Osteopathy on 9330 1212 to get game-ready again. ⚽️

09/12/2025

Healing begins when the body is allowed to move with kindness and purpose. 🌿 Osteopathy honours your body’s natural rhythms - including the subtle motion of joints, muscles, and even the rhythmic fluctuations of fluids like blood and lymph.
When these movements are restricted, circulation and nerve communication can be affected, leading to pain or fatigue. Through gentle, precise techniques, osteopathic treatment aims to restore mobility and support the body’s natural self-healing mechanisms.
Think of it as helping your body breathe and flow freely again - from the smallest joint to the largest organ system.
To experience how thoughtful touch and motion may help restore your balance, call Melville Osteopathy on 9330 1212. 🌿

05/12/2025

Trust the Body’s Blueprint 🌿
Your body’s not just a collection of parts - it’s a living, learning network that’s constantly adapting. Every movement, every breath, every heartbeat feeds back into that brilliant internal blueprint, guiding how you heal and function.
Osteopathy taps into that adaptability. By improving movement and easing mechanical strain, it helps the body rewrite unhelpful patterns - whether that’s muscle tension from long hours at a desk or compensations after an old injury.
It’s not about quick fixes, but clever rewiring - helping your body remember how to move, balance, and thrive the way it was designed to.
To explore how osteopathy might support your body’s natural blueprint for health, call Melville Osteopathy on 9330 1212. 🌿

03/12/2025

UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities 🌍
Today we celebrate strength, resilience, and inclusion - recognising the power of movement and the importance of accessibility for all.
Small changes can make a big difference, helping everyone participate fully and move through life with confidence and dignity. 💛
Let’s keep building a world that moves with everyone, not just around them.

01/12/2025

Step into December: Your Month to Move! 🚶‍♀️✨
Stride into December with purpose - and give yourself the gift of movement! Walking boosts brainpower, balances blood sugar, bolsters bones, and brightens your mood. It’s rhythmic, restorative and ridiculously good for you.
And that old “10,000 steps” rule? A furphy! Research shows even 4,000–7,000 steps can make a real difference - especially if you pick up the pace now and then.
So wander while the kettle boils, stroll while you scroll, or turn catch-ups into walk and talks. Explore Christmas lights, take the scenic route, or perambulate post prandially (that’s a walk after a meal).
Make movement your merry mantra this month - your mind, muscles, and mood will thank you!
How will you fit more walking into your December days? Tell us below! 👣

30/11/2025

Take a deep breath. 💨 Now another. 💨 Repeat that around 20,000 times today, and you’ll have an idea of just how hard your diaphragm works. This dome-shaped muscle sits beneath the lungs and is essential for breathing, but it's influence reaches far beyond just drawing air in and out. Want to know more? Check out our latest blog at the link below 👇.

https://melvilleosteopathy.com.au/the-diaphragm-more-than-just-a-breathing-muscle

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50 McCoy Street, Myaree
Perth, WA
6154

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