As the name suggests OSTEO -  means bone and PATH means disease. The main reason people seem to seek out an osteopath is when they are in pain and usually low back pain. Low back pain is widely accepted as the most prevalent injury in everyday working life and accounts for the most time taken off work. Traditionally osteopaths have been utilised for their expertise in spinal manipulation but are now sort out for all soft tissue muscular and ligamentous strains as well as the spinal -  back and neck problems. Patients vary from the athletic sports injury to the pregnant mother with back pain or the office worker with a repetitive strain type injury.