KARLA VAN ZYL
Registered Osteopath
What is an
Osteopath?
Osteopaths are skilled at
discovering the underlying causes of pain, using their hands both to gain
information and to treat injuries. Treatment techniques may include soft
tissue stretching, muscle energy techniques, rhythmic passive
joint movements, joint articulation and manipulation to improve the range
of movements of a joint.
Well known for the effective treatment of back and
neck pain, any osteopath will also treat a wide variety of other conditions
that may be related to the workplace, including tension headaches and migraine,
and they can also give remedial advice and preventative exercises.
A wide range of recent
studies have shown that osteopathic treatment can be instrumental in
rapidly alleviating the painful symptoms associated with back and joint pain
whatever the cause or origin. Osteopathic treatment is an effective means
of returning people to full activity at an early opportunity
following injury from any cause.
Osteopaths treat the following:
· Headaches
· Golf Posture Dynamics, Swing Injuries· Spinal Alignment Problems
· Scoliosis
· Low Back Pain / Lumbago
· Sciatica / Trapped Nerves
· Sacro-lliac pain
· Shoulder Pain / Rotator Cuff Injury
· Frozen Shoulder Syndrome
· Tennis Elbow
· Wrist Pain
· Sports Injuries
· Pain during Pregnancy
· Infantile Colic
· Constipation
· Poor Sleep Patterns
· Infantile Feeding Problems
About Karla van
Zyl
Karla van Zyl qualified
from the Surrey Institute of Osteopathic Medicine, UK, in 2007. After qualifying she
did a short spell in a general practice in the UK, after which she returned to
South Africa in 2008. She focused on the gynecological field by
working with pregnant women and babies at a women’s wellness center
in Gauteng.
As she is a keen golfer, she also specialized in golf posture, swing
dynamics and injuries alongside a golf professional at Wits University,
Johannesburg.Early 2010 she moved to Cape Town and started practicing in
Somerset West. Here she saw many patients in her other field of
specialization, which is the treatment of migraines and headaches.
Karla became a member of the Professional Board for Chiropractic and
Osteopathy (PCOB) in 2012.
