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Osteopath Saigon - Jules Rampal

🇬🇧 French trained osteopath in Saigon, Vietnam

🇨🇵 Ostéopathe Français à Ho Chi Minh, au Vietnam Ostéopathe à Gordes
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04/05/2025

One year in Vietnam, time to reflect on this experience.

Almost 1300 sessions were done within a year, which is great considering that I am the first full-time osteopath working at my clinic since 2021. Overall, I am getting more and more patients and days are getting busier and busier, but also a bit more tiring. Nothing I can't handle though.

It is difficult for me to see many Vietnamese patients as they have no idea what osteopathy is and since I don't speak vietnamese, I cannot communicate with people and explain to them what I do and how it is different from chiropractic for example. But I am still seeing more and more locals as little by little they get to hear stories about my sessions. They often appreciate the softness, the length of treatment and the depth of it. It is true that it is less superficial than just getting your joints cracked.

On the other hand, I treat people from the entire world, which means an incredible variety of energies. This is the most interesting part of working at an international clinic, especially for an empath like myself as I literally become those energies. Every 50 minutes I get to experience something very different, it helps to make my days more interesting and I cannot really talk about a typical patient. I am also probably the only pediatric osteopath in Vietnam, hence I get to treat more and more babies and help parents.

Since I treat many different people, I also have to adapt a bit more. In France, people came to see me mostly for a very subtle and soft approach. Here, people come to me because they are looking for an osteopath, which means different things to different people. I do my best to satisfy everybody, and I am forced to work a bit more physically, which is probably something that was needed on my side.

I am very happy with my work at CMI. I sincerely think my colleagues are amazing professionals. I mean practitioners, nurses, secretaries, admin people, the guard and the cleaning ladies. I believe patients realise it too, and the clinic feels like a place where people take shelter from the hectic pace of Sai Gon.

Kind people meet kind people, I guess.

Cheers to all that ❤️

01/04/2025

"My object in this talk on the bones is to encourage your minds in plowing deeper in the fertile soil of reason. I want you to see that all force, either stimulating, quieting, motor, nutrient, sensory, or any kind or quality of nerve-supply, comes to the muscles and glands and the organs of the whole system from some depository, and has got to get to its destined muscle, nerve, vein, or flesh through gates and openings in or between the bones. When these gates are shut or closed and the nerves lose control of the blood to a single muscle or a whole system of muscles, with all supplies of the fascia and cellular system cut off, then starvation and spasms of muscles appear and they become very contracted or hard. Right here is the red rag of the masseur or the osteopath who dwells so much on the inhibiting nerves and muscles. His lack of knowledge in the field of philosophy leaves him in the field of a masseur only."

The Philosophy and Mechanical Principles of Osteopathy, A.T. Still

28/03/2025

Evolution of flat head syndrome (Plagiocephaly) treated with osteopathy.
Very good results for this kid with 3 sessions over roughly 2 months.
As always, freeing the whole body + tummy time/exercises at home.

27/03/2025

Still working in Saigon as an osteopath.
More and more work with babies, amazing results on flat head syndrome for example. Overall seeing more and more patients, having more and more fully-booked days.

Not necessarily always easy to get people to understand what osteopathy is, especially in a country where there are only a few of us (less than 5 I'd say) and where patients are used to seeing chiropractors, but still talking about what can be done on social media and in real life when meeting patients.

I've been in Saigon for almost a year now, and I am getting more and more word-of-mouth, so I am probably doing a few things right! Let's keep on helping people!

A few cases seen this week:
- 2 babies with latching issues
- 2 babies with flat head syndrome
- 1 4yo girl with headaches
- 1 patient with bilateral Achilles tendinopathy
- 1 patient with tennis elbow
- A high number of lower back pain and neck pain
- 1 patient with knee pain
- 1 patient with a wrist pain following a fall
Etc.

26/03/2025

Osteopathy can help your newborn baby by freeing the structures that prevent them from turning their head, move their spine properly and even in case of latching issues.

It all comes down to mechanical issues that need to be assessed and treated to allow the body to function the way it is supposed to.

25/03/2025

Evolution of a plagiocephaly treated with osteopathy.
3 sessions over nearly 2 months.

24/03/2025

"The philosophy of manipulations is based upon an absolute knowledge of the form and function of all bones belonging to the bony framework of the human body. We must know the position and purpose of each bone and be thoroughly acquainted with each of its articulations. Without this knowledge our work will be a failure. Simply to know that our heads are situated upon the atlas and the atlas on the axis, that we have seven bones in the neck, twelve in the dorsal region and five in the lumbar is of little use. We must have a perfect image of the normal articulations of the bone or bones that we wish to adjust. We must be critically certain that we know all articulations of the bones of the whole system. We must know how the blood is supplied and when that arterial blood has done its work we must know how it returns and what would be an obstruction that would prevent its return. Without this information our opinion as to cause of variations from the perfectly healthy condition is without foundation, for our mechanical detection has failed to acquaint our minds with the cause that produces the abnormal condition in a perfectly healthy system. Thus a failure to give relief results in disappointment. The osteopathic mechanic must remember that Nature is a living critic and the answer must be yes or no. A normal image of the form and function of all parts of the body must be seen by the mind’s eye or our work will condemn us."

A.T. Still, Osteopathy, Research and Practice

22/03/2025

Every part of the body has to be under normal conditions if we hope for it to deliver health.
Any change from normal leads to a different effect (= not health).
And that's where the osteopathic reasoning is found.

"We must reason as architects, act as mechanics, work as builders and engineers, and the results will be satisfactory in proportion to the thoroughness of our work. I have long since found in my treatment of such diseases as this one under consideration that nature is trustworthy in all its work."
A.T. Still, Osteopathy, Research and Practice.

"The living person is now the engine, Nature the engineer, and you the master mechanic. This being your position, it is expected that you will carefully inspect all parts of the engines brought to your repair shop, note all variations from the normal, and adjust them as nearly as possible to the conditions of the perfect model that stands in your mental shop."
A.T. Still, Philosophy and Mechanical Principles of Osteopathy

17/03/2025

"Nature does not jump from the abnormal back to the normal. Step by step she retraces herself; that is why it takes time for the chronic cases to recover. See that your patients understand this."
A.T. Still

Step by step, just like adjusting the course of a sailing boat. And readjusting again if needed. And again if needed, until you reach your destination. Just like how walking is a succession of avoided falls, constantly adjusting to the floor and any occurring event. Slowly but surely, we are progressing. That's why at first I tend to see patients every week, and then less and less.

15/03/2025

Always gentle and kind.
Both with hands and words.
The very first thing I tell my patients? IT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE PAINFUL.

Quote by A.T. Still

14/03/2025

Tummy time is extremely important to the development of your baby. Still, it is often not practiced enough for babies with a flat head and/or a stiff neck. As an indication, this is what you should be looking for in terms of minutes/day. This can be achieved by doing tummy time for a few minutes, several times a day.

As a reminder, always check on your osteopath's credentials to make sure they are properly trained. There are no osteopathic schools in Vietnam and you shouldn't let your baby be treated by an unskilled professional.

13/03/2025

"The Osteopath is one who has a mechanical knowledge of the human body, when normal and when abnormal; and he should know how to adjust all variations from the normal. The more mechanical knowledge you have of the physical body construction, the better your work will be. Bring your patient to normality, then go home. Plenty of good food and rest, and nature will effect the cure. [...]
‘Life proves its perfection by its work.’
A. T. Still.
M. D. means More Drugs."

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Ho Chi Minh City

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http://www.julesrampal.com/

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Jules Rampal - Osteopath in Cavan (working at Cavan Osteopathic Center) , Ireland

Having worked in France, Malaysia and now in Ireland, I have an international experience in osteopathy, as well as becoming a lecturer in Kuala Lumpur and teaching meditation back in the South of France.

Able to use a variety of techniques, I have developed an expertise in cranial osteopathy and biodynamic osteopathy over the years. This wide range of skills allows me to treat a range of patients, from newborns to the elderly, including adults and pregnant women.

For more than 10 years now, I have witnessed the amazing effects of osteopathy on people, and really love to talk about what we can do to get you back to health. My passion for osteopathy leads me to study an amazing amount of fields that all come together in my practice: anatomy, yoga, neuroscience of pain, philosophy etc.

I draw on these foundations to effectively treat a wide range of conditions. I have a clinical focus in providing osteopathy for pregnancy, children, babies and golfers as I plays golf myself. I also specialise in treating ailments such as concussion, headaches, sinus, vertigos, carpal tunnel syndrome and women's health issues.