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Align Health Osteopathy

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Align Health Osteopathy

Osteopathy can assist in back & neck pain, headaches, sporting injuries, pregnancy related pain etc.

28/11/2025

Introducing Dr Thomas McKillop (Osteopath).

Thomas is an osteopath with a singular focus that drives him every day. People. With a deep commitment to lifting his patients up to achieve their best, Thomas is dedicated to helping individuals overcome injuries that hold them back.

Having grown up in Sorell and recently moving back, he wants to give back to the community by helping people with his approach that combines his expertise in osteopathy with his knowledge in exercise rehabilitation, providing a truly unique pathway to injury management.

Thomas believes in empowering his patients through education, taking the time to ensure they understand their condition and are actively engaged in a comprehensive plan to alleviate pain and restore function. Recognizing that no two people are the same, Thomas tailors each assessment and management strategy to the unique needs and goals of each individual.
Thomas has an interest in ankle and knee injuries, lower back pain and headaches.

Thomas is trained in a range of management strategies, including manual therapy, exercise rehabilitation, dry needling and strength and conditioning. He has several years of experience in private practices across Queensland, Tasmania, and Victoria, and has also worked with elite sports teams and athletes across the AFL, NRL, ATP tennis tour, and Gymnastics Australia.

Welcome to the Align Health Osteopathy team Thomas!
Bookings are now available online via the website or via the link in the bio.

22/09/2025

Ever wondered what the ‘pop’ was during a joint manipulation or adjustment?

It is not your actual bones, it is little gas bubbles being formed and released into the joint space as a result of the pressure changes when a joint is placed under maximum bind/compression. This reduces the pressure within the joint space and improves range of movement.

HVLA (high velocity, low amplitude) techniques are thought to provide a strong stimulus to the neurological system in order to reset abnormal signalling, relax overactive muscles, reduce pain and restore joint range of movement.

This technique is just one of many that your osteopath may use and may not be suitable for everybody.

17/04/2025

Wishing you all a happy, safe and wonderful Easter!

The clinic will be closed from Good Friday till Easter Monday.
All enquires will be address on return to business, Wednesday 23rd April.
Online bookings are still available via the website.

20/03/2025

Appointments are now available on Wednesdays! 🙌🏼

Bookings available online via the website or phone.

23/02/2025

The clinics renovations are well underway but business is operating as usual 🙌🏼

Please be careful of any building materials that are lying around as we complete the final touches.

Watch this space, new clinic rooms allows for more osteopathic appointments available ☺️

11/02/2025

Chronically tight adductor (inner thigh) muscles contribute to a lot of sacroiliac joint and hip joint pain as well as p***c symphysis issues and pelvic floor tightness. They can also the key to improving pelvic floor, core and hip function.

Adductors Magnus, has 2 portions of the muscle with one portion flexing and internally rotating the thigh, whilst the other extends and externally rotates the thigh. Both portions act to adduct (bring closer to the midline) the femur.

Depending on which attachment point is fixed/stabilised will depend on the action of the muscle. For example, if the femur is fixed, the adductor moves the pelvis towards the femur allowing for a widening of the pelvic outlet. This in turn allows for a lengthening through the posterior hip and pelvic floor musculature, a shortening of the deeper core transverse abdominus and a lifting of the pelvic floor sling.

Dominant and overachieving adductors also inhibit the ability of the glutes to show up and activate to stabilise the pelvis, which can result in altered mechanics and loading patterns through the lumbar spine.

There is so much more potential when appropriate strengthening of the adductors is included to unlock the chronic low back, pelvic and hip dysfunctions.

16/12/2024

Wishing you all a safe and joyous Christmas! 🎄

The clinic will be closed from 17th December, 2024 and returning to usual business from 6th January, 2025.

All inquiries will be addressed upon my return. Online bookings for the new year are available from the website www.alignhealthosteo.com.au

A massive thank you to all the wonderful clients who have trusted me with your bodies and injuries over the last year. I am incredibly grateful for each and every one of you and I’m excited to see what 2025 will bring! ☺️

29/10/2024

Appointments are now available on Wednesdays for the month of November!

Book online at www.alignhealthosteo.com.au or phone 0477 348 103.

23/10/2024

Needing Christmas gift ideas?🎄

✨ Gift vouchers are now available at Align Health Osteopathy ✨

Treat your loved ones with an Osteopathic assessment to improve alignment, movement, strength and rehabilitation to allow for optimal function, health and wellbeing.

10/07/2024

• OUT OF OFFICE •

We’re off to seek some sun and to defrost!

Returning back to business 29th July.

Online bookings are still available from the website www.alignhealthosteo.com.au.

All other inquiries will be addressed on our return.

Keep safe and keep warm!

Shannyn ☺️

03/07/2024

- Lumbar Facet Joint -

A facet joint or zygapophyseal joint is a little articular joint that sits between 2 vertebrae and run through the entire spinal column. The orientation of the facet joints in the lumbar spine allows for flexion and extension to be the primary movements and with compressive load passing through the facet joints when in an extended position.

The facet joint is a synovial joint and can undergo change when loaded incorrectly. You can sprain a facet joint as you can your ankle joint and the facet joint can also display degenerative changes.

We often see those suffering with chronic low back pain avoiding flexion of the lumbar spine or really locking up the lower spine and hingeing at the hips to bend forwards. This places an increase load through the facet joints as well as a compressive load through the intervertebral discs and increasing the risk of irritation or development of osteoarthritis. As a result of this, our global musculature grips on to try provide a little extra support and stability, further reducing range of movement and increasing tension through the lower spine and hips.

Safely restoring lumbar flexion and extension movement will help significantly for those chronic stiff and achy low backs or repetitive facet sprains.

NB: when lifting with load/weight, there are different considerations in order to help protect the facet joints and intervertebral discs when going through these range of movements.

15/05/2024

🌟 Align Health Osteopathy turns 1 🌟

This would not be possible without all you wonderful people who have trusted me with your bodies and varying conditions. I am grateful for each and every one of you 🙏🏼

To look back and see how much it has grown and the connections within the community made with GP’s, sporting clubs and other allied health professionals is truly humbling and makes me excited for what’s to come over the next 12 months! 🥰

Address

5/5 Fitzroy Street, Sorell TAS, (Within Sorell Podiatry)
Sorell, TAS
7172

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 5pm
Thursday	8:30am - 5pm

Telephone

+61477348103

Website

http://www.alignhealthosteo.com.au/

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