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Melville Osteopathy

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

22/01/2026

🌀 Thoracic Spine Rotation Stretch
Feeling stiff in your upper back from sitting or hunching over screens? Here’s a quick way to loosen things up.

Sit or stand tall, cross your arms, and slowly rotate your upper body side to side.
💡 Why it works: This gentle movement improves thoracic spinal mobility, relieves stiffness, and helps your shoulders and ribcage move more freely. Even short daily sessions can make a noticeable difference in posture and comfort.

What’s your favourite stretch when you feel the weight of the world on you? Let us know in the comments 👇.

20/01/2026

Slouching over your phone? Desk hunched? Sleeping in a twisty tangle? 🛌 These daily habits can stress your muscles and joints without you realising.

Sometimes simple modifications make all the difference:
1. hold your phone at eye level
2. adjust your chair and monitor height
3. try sleeping with a supportive pillow under your neck.

If small tweaks aren’t enough, an osteopath can assess your posture, release tension, and guide personalised exercises to keep your body moving comfortably 🌿

Call Melville Osteopathy on 9330 1212 to book your appointment.

16/01/2026

🌿 Your Body Is One Connected System

Think your ankle doesn’t matter? Think again! A restriction there can subtly change the way you walk, sending ripples of tension up through your knee, hip, spine, and even your shoulder. Over time, these compensations quietly build up - and it doesn’t cause any pain for months or years later, and you can’t even remember the original injury 😅.

Osteopaths assess the entire kinetic chain, identifying hidden restrictions before they cause bigger problems. Addressing tension early helps your muscles, joints, and posture work together smoothly - no wobbling required.

Call Melville Osteopathy on 9330 1212 to get your body moving in harmony.

13/01/2026

Stiffness, tension, or discomfort in your back or neck can affect how you move and feel each day. But you don’t need to suffer alone. Our osteopaths use gentle, hands-on techniques to restore movement, release tension, and help your body function more efficiently.

By working with muscles, joints, and connective tissue, osteopathy aims to reduce strain, improve posture, and support your natural healing processes.

☎️ Call Melville Osteopathy on 9330 1212 to find out how gentle osteopathic care can help you move more comfortably.

09/01/2026

📚 Word of the Day: Kyphosis 📚

The word kyphosis has been bending through time for more than two millennia. From the Greek kyphos, meaning bent or hu**ed, it was used by Hippocrates to describe forward curvature of the upper spine. Centuries later, physicians revived the term to classify postural changes and spinal deformities - some linked to conditions like Pott’s disease.

Today, osteopaths use kyphosis to describe the normal thoracic curve - assessing when that curve becomes exaggerated and affects balance, movement, or breathing.

Language, like the spine, evolves - sometimes with a little curve of its own. 🌿💬

05/01/2026

💃 Lifestyle Tip: Shake, Stretch, Sprint!

We all know life is hectic and sometimes fitting in exercise can feel impossible. But your body wasn’t designed to be hunched over a desk all day or collapsed on the sofa all night. 🛋️ But how to fit exercise into your day? Even short bursts count! Dance in the kitchen, chase the bus, lift groceries like a pro, or sneak in squats while waiting for the kettle to boil ☕.

Every little bit helps your muscles, joints, heart, and brain feel stronger - and it’s okay if you can’t do it all at once. 🌟

What’s your favourite way to sneak in movement? Tell us below 👇

01/01/2026

Happy New Year from everyone at Melville Osteopathy. 🎆

As we step into 2026, our wish for you is simple - may your body move freely, your muscles feel strong, and those niggling aches and pains finally ease away.

If moving better and feeling more comfortable is on your list of New Year’s resolutions, why not take the first step today? Call Melville Osteopathy on 9330 1212 to see how osteopathic care can help you start the year feeling your best.

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. 📞

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50 McCoy Street, Myaree
Perth, WA
6154

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http://melvilleosteopathy.com.au/

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