Functional osteopathy
Assessment starts with how you move. Treatment happens in the positions that matter to you.
- No referral needed
- Book directly. Claim on the spot with eligible private health extras.
- Open six days
- Monday to Friday 8am–7pm, Saturday 8am–2pm.
- First visit
- Allow 45 minutes to an hour. Wear shorts and a loose top.
- Rear entrance
- 92 Parsons Street, Kensington, inside Renegade BJJ.
Why movement first
Pain usually shows up in a movement: bending to pick up a child, the bottom of a squat, the first steps out of bed, or a technique on the mats. Lying on a table doesn't always show what's going on.
Functional osteopathy starts with how you walk and move, then looks closely at the movements that hurt or feel limited. Treatment often happens standing or moving, so the change is in the position you actually use.
What it involves
Gait and movement assessment
Watching how you walk, then movements like squatting, reaching, lunging, lifting or a sport-specific technique.
Applied Functional Science
Luke's approach draws on Applied Functional Science, a movement-based approach from the Gray Institute that looks at how the body moves in all three planes.
The TrueStretch
An upright frame that lets us treat and load you in standing and moving positions, instead of only on a table.
Start where you move well
Treatment begins in positions that feel good and progresses toward the ones that don't.
Test, then take home
Exercises are tested in the session so you know how they feel. If exercises will help, we take you through them in the session and you film them on your phone, so you know exactly how they go at home or in the gym.
Who it suits
Anyone whose pain shows up in a particular movement: runners, lifters, people in physical jobs, desk workers whose backs complain when they bend, and combat athletes. It's part of how osteopathy works at Mixed Osteo rather than a separate appointment type.
Questions people ask
What is functional osteopathy?
Osteopathy that starts with assessing how you move, then treats you in standing and moving positions as well as on the table, so treatment targets the movements that cause problems.
Is functional osteo a different appointment?
No. It is part of how osteopathy is delivered at Mixed Osteo. Book a standard osteopathy appointment.
What is the TrueStretch?
An upright frame that lets us treat and load you in standing positions, and work through range rather than around it.
What should I wear?
Something you can move freely in, such as shorts and a t-shirt or training gear.
Pain in one particular movement?
Book an osteopathy appointment in Kensington.