Welcome to Sports Osteopath, Quality Osteopathic Care for All Patients & All Ages
As a primary healthcare provider, we are dedicated and passionate about serving our community with quality health care. We believe that every patient is valuable and we strive to provide the best possible treatment for every individual. We don’t just treat athletes, we also treat all members of the community and all ages. Our high standard health care is:
Professional: Excellence in professional standards and patient care allows us to provide health care and education to encourage self responsibility in the people of our community.
Effective: Our treatment is patient focused and is individually designed to be effective, the majority of our patients require only 2-3 sessions to achieve full recovery.
A study published in the Journal of New Zealand Register of Osteopaths** found that:
- 92% of patients improved following osteopathic treatment.
- 95% reported satisfaction with treatment.
- The majority of patients required 4 treatments or less.
Safe: Osteopathic medicine is a very safe and effective method of treatment. Patient safety always comes first, all safety precautions through case history and physical examination will be taken to ensure our patient’s safety.
Honest: We are here to provide a good honest service, we treat patients only if we feel that they need treatment. Our aim is to effectively guide all our patients to fast recovery. If your condition is non-treatable and we can’t help you we will tell you so.
Gentle: We are here to help our patients. Osteopathic medicine generally consists of gentle manipulation; we believe every individual patient is different and we always strive to please all of them.
Osteopathic Treatment
Osteopathic medicine is a gentle, safe and effective treatment suitable for all ages. Osteopathic treatment uses a range of soft tissue and manipulative techniques applied to the muscles, ligaments and joints. The selection of techniques depends on what the practitioner feels is most appropriate, and will be discussed with you.
Osteopathic medicine can effectively treat a wide variety of conditions, including:
- Back and neck pain
- Sports injuries
- Muscle and general joint pain
- Trauma from falls, motor vehicle accidents
- Sciatica
- Nerve pain - including numbness, tingling, pins & needles and muscle weakness
- Headaches / Migraines
- Occupational & repetitive strain injuries
- Pre and post operative rehabilitation
- Arthritic conditions
- Anxiety / Sleep disorders
- Breathing difficulties
- Pregnancy and childbirth care
- Babies & children (sleep disorders, colic, reflux, behavioural changes)
Treatment includes advice on posture and exercise, with recommendations on how to minimise the likelihood of recurrence.
Botany Sports Osteopath is a registered ACC provider, patients who's injury has been caused by an accident can fill out an ACC form onsite without seeing their G.P.
About Us
Ghassan Y. Alaraji
BAppSci(HB), MSc(Ost), PGDip(SportMed), Cert TrPDN
Registered Osteopath & ACC Provider
After playing football for many years at a competitive level, Ghassan decided to study osteopathy after graduating from high school at Pakuranga College. He completed a Bachelor Degree of Health Science in Human Biology and a Masters Degree in Osteopathy from UNITEC New Zealand in 2007. He was the first in his class to graduate and become a registered osteopath. Since graduating, Ghassan has helped more than 12,000 patients achieve fast recovery to health. He has always been dedicated to provide the highest standards of treatment for all types of patients, ranging from new-born babies and pregnant mothers, to elite international athletes and dedicated sports people. Ghassan has associated with many other experienced osteopaths which he has found very valuable in refining his clinical skills. His passion about health care and sports, and his willingness to help people has driven him to further postgraduate study. He is currently studying towards a Masters Degree in Sports Medicine from the University of Otago. Ghassan is very honest, he will always put his patients first and will go the extra mile to help them. Outside of work hours Ghassan is happily married and enjoys going to the gym, swimming, playing squash and table tennis.
QUALIFICATION DETAILS
BAppSci(HB), MSc(Ost), PGDip(SportMed), Cert TrPDN
Service Categories
Osteopathy, Sports Injury Therapy
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