Which support/service category can we help you with?
Osteopathic services provide support in the category of capacity building (improved health and wellbeing, and improved daily living), which will support you to build your independence and skills.
Your NDIS plan must state you have goals and funding within your Capacity Building Supports budget.
How can an Osteopath support me?
Osteopaths may assist NDIS clients with goals associated with body movements such as the coordination of trunk & limb movements; or functional movements such as gait (walking); and also with improving strength and physical skills for activities of daily living, including oral-motor skills for eating and speaking goals.
Self-care is an important focus, and breathing education and relaxation techniques form an important part of the education provided.
What Osteopathic Services are not covered?
The NDIS goal is to assist in building lasting independence for movement, participation, lifestyle activities and function. If your Osteopathic therapy is not directly assisting in working toward the goals outlined in your support plan it will not be covered under NDIS.
This means we cannot simply provide hands-on Osteopathic treatment and use your NDIS funding. We need to provide you with education and a meaningful exercise therapy plan with your goals in mind.
(Hands-on treatment is still available to you but comes under the Health system, not the NDIS, so would require payment privately or with support from Medicare or your private health insurance fund).
What Osteopathic services can be offered?
Osteopathic therapy is very specific to the individual.
As Osteopaths, we use our hands to gather information about the way your body moves. This information coupled with visual assessment, measurements, your feedback and clinical observations helps us devise and progress your management plan.
Your Osteopath will work with you to assist in achieving your goals.
The strategies an osteopath would use include manual assessment, exercise programs and therapeutic activities for you to perform at home (sometimes with a carer) to improve your function and participation in the community.
