Do manipulations hurt?

Manipulation or adjustments is not inherently painful. Some discomfort will occasionally be experienced when an injury is treated, even with gentle soft tissue techniques. Your Osteopath will be sensitive to your symptoms and not proceed with a technique if there is undue discomfort.

It is wrong to assume that you will always have manipulation whenever you go to an Osteopath; many successful treatments can be conducted without its use. Osteopaths usually keep their patients informed as to what they are doing as the treatment progresses.