Juan Mesías

It is a therapeutic discipline that uses assessment tests, an accurate diagnosis and manual techniques to correct dysfunctions that may be affecting the body's different systems: musculoskeletal, cranial, visceral and the autonomic nervous system. Its main aim is to treat the patient as a whole.

Osteopathy should not be a painful technique. Used by a qualified and properly certified practitioner, its aim is to relieve the patient's pain safely and non-invasively.

The main benefit is your safety and the effectiveness of the treatment. My training as a physiotherapist and as an osteopath means you are in the hands of a healthcare professional with official university qualifications, and they let me go beyond the local symptom to find the real origin of pain that other treatments have not resolved.

It starts with a detailed clinical interview about your health history and habits. Then I carry out a full physical assessment; if there are imaging studies, they are reviewed and compared against the patient's actual condition. Finally the diagnosis is built.

Thin acupuncture needles are inserted into the belly of the muscle. The practitioner looks for taut muscle bands or trigger points pressing on a peripheral nerve; as the needle enters, the muscle produces an involuntary reflex contraction that forces it to release its accumulated tension. A low-frequency electrical device may then be used to enhance endorphin release and reduce the nerve's hypersensitivity.

Because it reaches tissues and muscles that manual therapy and conventional massage cannot.

A session costs 40 dollars. It is the same price for the first consultation and for every treatment session. If your case needs a longer plan, a package is arranged with a discount for advance payment.

One hour. There is a gap between one patient and the next, so nobody leaves in a rush and there is time for whatever questions come up at the end.

The first appointment is consultation and assessment: clinical history, review of any scans you bring, and a full physical evaluation. That takes the whole hour, so treatment begins from the second session.

It depends on the case, and it cannot be known before seeing it. After the first assessment Juan tells you what he found and what he expects from the process. If he thinks he cannot help you, he says that too, and refers you to whoever can.

Let us know at least four hours in advance so the slot can be offered to another patient. You get a reminder before the appointment so it doesn't slip by.

Juan tells you. The assessment may turn up something that belongs to another professional, and in that case he refers you: to a cardiologist, a dentist, whoever it should be. He does not take a case just to take it.

No. Care is provided only at the practice.

Four hours is enough. If there is a free slot the same day, you can take it: there is no need to wait until next week.