• Osteopathy For Older Children and Teens

    Paediatric osteopathy for all ages in your childs development

  • Osteopathy for Older Children to Teen Ages at Hills Osteopaths 

    Paediatric Osteopathy for Older Children to Teenage and Adolescent Years

     

    Osteopathy is an alternative form of medicine that focuses on the musculoskeletal system and its connection to the overall health of the body. As osteopaths we aim to treat and prevent health issues by improving the body's natural ability to heal itself. By using a hands-on approach we address imbalances, restrictions, or dysfunctions in the body's tissues, restoring harmony and promoting overall wellness.

     

    This stage of life is characterized by significant changes, but with this too the osteopath-patient consultation can begins to have a more useful dynamic, in that we can often discuss directly with the patient any issues and concerns and gather feedback. Invariably as they approach and enter high school ages we commonly see the following which can affect development, sometimes on more complex levels :

    • An increasing use of technology, spending more time engaged in sedentary activities, or ...
    • Increased sports and physical activity participation, sometimes at a more extreme level
    • Increased susceptibility to various painful conditions, e.g., back pain, headaches, growing pains, or even menstrual cramps.
    • Changeable perspectives towards physical and mental health and emotional well-being.

    Here are some of the potential benefits that osteopathy may have for older children, teens and adolescent ages:

    Adapting to body changes: 

    Osteopathic treatment can assist adolescents in adapting to changes in their body shape, proportions or other imbalances such as muscle tension or pain that may arise during periods of rapid growth during puberty. For adolescent girls, it can be helpful in managing menstrual pain and discomfort too and help promote healthier growth patterns.

    Improved concentration and focus: 

    By helping to reduce stress, osteopathy consequently can help to improve concentration and focus, which can be helpful for students struggling in school. Osteopathy's comprehensive approach to health can support the teenagers' physical, emotional, and mental well-being during this transitional
    stage of life too.

    Stress, tension and anxiety relief:

    Osteopathic treatment focuses on the whole body and aims to balance various systems, potentially helping teenagers cope with stress and
    anxiety by improving the body's ability to cope. Osteopathy can help reduce physical tension and promote relaxation, potentially assisting with stress management of commonly associated issues such as helping manage headaches and migraines, providing a drug-free approach to pain relief.

    Osteopathy's relaxation effects may also help teenagers with sleep difficulties, promoting better sleep quality and overall rest.

    Improved sports performance and injury prevention:

    For all types of sports activities, osteopathy can help to enhance performance by improving co-ordination, balance, range of motion and flexibility. Consequently both by strengthening the body and through the education provided during any treatment of optimizing posture, body biomechanics or musculoskeletal function osteopathy treatment contributes towards reducing the risk of injuries too. Osteopaths are also called uon by many involved in sports, both amateur and professional, to provide support during recovery from sports-related or other injuries.

    Enhanced self-esteem: 

    Osteopathy's holistic approach can contribute to overall wellbeing in older children and adolescents, helping them maintain better physical and emotional health, also enhancing self-esteem by improving posture and reducing any physical discomfort and pain - this can be helpful for teenagers who are going through a period of self-discovery. Plus we may provide advice on nutrition, exercise, and other lifestyle factors that can positively impact overall health.

    A drug free approach to health issues: 

    Osteopathy provides a drug-free approach to managing multiple types of issues ranging from pain, such as back pain, neck pain, and headaches, which may be common in this age group. It is also effective in optimizing the body's self-regulatory mechanisms and the management of more complex issues, such as digestive health: Osteopathic techniques can support gastrointestinal function,potentially aiding in the management of digestive issues. Also respiratory support: Osteopathy may assist in improving respiratory function and can be helpful for adolescents with conditions like asthma or recurrent respiratory infections.

  • Book an appointment

    Osteopathy is suitable for assisting in the treatment of a range of sports, pain management, paediatric and occupation health related issues.

    Contact us today for an informed consultation

    Practice details

    Hills Osteopaths is located at :
    1A / 10-12 Old Castle Hill Road. Castle Hill. Sydney. NSW 2154

    Email : osteojulian@gmail.com : Or click button to go to our contact form

  • Paediatric osteopathy for all ages in your childs development

    It’s crucial to understand that as your child develops, their health needs change too. At Hills Osteopaths we are experienced and skilled in paediatric osteopathy for all ages. We are dedicated to providing individual osteopathic care with effective techniques and exercises, that work to help improve all health challenges, lifestyles and activities.

     

    Click below to discover more about how paediatric osteopathy may benefit the various stages of a childs physical development.

    Osteopathy for newborns and babies at Hills Osteopaths

    Newborns & Babies (Age 0 - 2)

    Give your little ones the best start to life

    Osteopathy for toddlers and young children at Hills Osteopaths

    Toddlers & Young Children (Age 2 - 6)

    Give your little ones the best start to life

    Dr Julian Howard is an Alumni of the Osteopathic Centre for Children, which is also the Foundation for Paediatric Osteopathy

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Privacy Policy
Hills Osteopaths Website Privacy Notice
   
1.   INTRODUCTION  
  
This privacy notice provides you with details of how we collect and process your personal data through your use of our site www.hillsosteopath.com including any information you may provide through our site when you purchase a product or service, sign up to a newsletter or take part in a prize draw or competition.
 
By providing us with your data, you warrant to us that you are over 13 years of age. 
  
Julian Howard [Individual/Sole Trader] Trading as Hills Osteopaths is the data controller and we are responsible for your personal data (referred to as “we”, “us” or “our” in this privacy notice).
  
Contact Details

Our full details are: 
Legal entity: Julian Howard [Individual/Sole Trader] Trading as Hills Osteopaths 
ABN: 75 641 848 719 [Registered 01/01/2008]
Email address:  julian@hillsosteopath.com
Postal address: 1A / 10-12 Old Castle Hill Road. Castle Hill. Sydney. NSW 2154
Telephone number:  02 9659 0515
 
If you are not happy with any aspect of how we collect and use your data, you have the right to complain to the OAIC (Office of the Australian Information Commissioner - https://www.oaic.gov.au). We should be grateful if you would contact us first if you do have a complaint so that we can try to resolve it for you.
   
It is very important that the information we hold about you is accurate and up to date. Please let us know if at any time your personal information changes by emailing us at hillsosteopaths@gmail.com
 
2.  WHAT DATA DO WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU FROM OUR WEBSITE 
 
Personal data means any information capable of identifying an individual. It does not include anonymised data.
 
We may process certain types of personal data about you as follows:
 
•	Identity Data may include your first name, maiden name, last name.
•	Contact Data may include your email address and telephone numbers.
•	Technical Data may include your browser type and version, browser plug-in types and versions, time zone setting and location, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access this site.
•	Usage Data may include information about how you use our website, products and services.
•	Marketing and Communications Data may include your preferences in receiving marketing communications from us and and your communication preferences.
We may also process Aggregated Data from your personal data but this data does not reveal your identity and as such in itself is not personal data. An example of this is where we review your Usage Data to work out the percentage of website users using a specific feature of our site. If we link the Aggregated Data with your personal data so that you can be identified from it, then it is treated as personal data.
Sensitive Data
 
We do not specifically request or collect any Sensitive Data about you from the website. 
Sensitive data refers to data that includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data. 

Where we are required to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of the contract between us and you do not provide us with that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract (for example, to deliver goods or services to you). If you don’t provide us with the requested data, we may have to cancel a product or service you have ordered but if we do, we will notify you at the time.
 
3.  HOW WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA 
 
We collect data about you through a variety of different methods including:
 
•	Direct interactions: You may provide data by filling in forms on our site (or otherwise) or by communicating with us by post, phone, email or otherwise, including when you:
•	order our products or services;
•	request resources or marketing be sent to you;
•	enter a competition, prize draw, promotion or survey; or
•	give us feedback.
•	Automated technologies or interactions: As you use our site, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and usage patterns. We collect this data by using cookies, server logs and similar technologies. We may also receive Technical Data about you if you visit other websites that use our cookies. Please see our cookie policy section at the footer of this policy for further details.
•	Third parties or publicly available sources: We may receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources as set out below: 
•	analytics providers such as Google (based outside the EU)
•	Contact, Financial and Transaction Data from providers of technical, payment and delivery services such as HICAPS other Private Health Funds outside the EU.

4.  HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA  
 
We will only use your personal data when legally permitted. The most common uses of your personal data are:
 
•	Where we need to perform the contract between us.
•	Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
•	Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
 
Generally, we do not rely on consent as a legal ground for processing your personal data, other than in relation to sending marketing communications to you via email or text message. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by emailing us at hillsosteopaths@gmail.com 
 

Purposes for processing your personal data  
 
Set out below is a description of the ways we intend to use your personal data and the legal grounds on which we will process such data. We have also explained what our legitimate interests are where relevant.
 
We may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground, depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please email us at hillsosteopaths@gmail.com if you need details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the table below.
 
Purpose/Activity
Type of data
Lawful basis for processing 

To register you as a new customer
(a) Identity
(b) Contact
Performance of a contract with you

To process and deliver your order including:
(a) Manage payments, fees and charges
(b) Collect and recover money owed to us
(a) Identity
(b) Contact
(c) Financial
(d) Transaction
(e) Marketing and Communications
(a) Performance of a contract with you
(b) Necessary for our legitimate interests to recover debts owed to us

To manage our relationship with you which will include:
(a) Notifying you about changes to our terms or privacy policy
(b) Asking you to leave a review or take a survey
(a) Identity
(b) Contact
(c) Profile
(d) Marketing and Communications
(a) Performance of a contract with you
(b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation
(c) Necessary for our legitimate interests to keep our records updated and to study how customers use our products/services

To deliver relevant content and advertisements to you and measure and understand the effectiveness of our advertising 
(a) Identity
(b) Contact
(c) Profile
(d) Usage
(e) Marketing and Communications
(f) Technical
Necessary for our legitimate interests to study how customers use our products/services, to develop them, to grow our business and to inform our marketing strategy

To use data analytics to improve our website, products/services, marketing, customer relationships and experiences
(a) Technical
(b) Usage
Necessary for our legitimate interests to define types of customers for our products and services, to keep our site updated and relevant, to develop our business and to inform our marketing strategy

To make suggestions and recommendations to you about goods or services that may be of interest to you
(a) Identity
(b) Contact
(c) Technical
(d) Usage
(e) Profile
Necessary for our legitimate interests to develop our products/services and grow our business

Marketing communications 
 
You may receive marketing communications from us if you have:
(i)	requested information from us or purchased goods or services from us; or 
(ii)	if you provided us with your details and ticked the box at the point of entry of your details for us to send you marketing communications; and
(iii)	in each case, you have not opted out of receiving that marketing. 

We will get your express opt-in consent before we share your personal data with any third party for marketing purposes.
  
You can ask us to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by emailing us at hillsosteopaths@gmail.com  
 
Where you opt out of receiving our marketing communications, this will not apply to personal data provided to us as a result of a product/service purchase or service experience.
 
Change of purpose  
 
We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to find out more about how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please email us at hillsosteopaths@gmail.com

 If we need to use your personal data for a purpose unrelated to the purpose for which we collected the data, we will notify you and we will explain the legal ground of processing.
 
We may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent where this is required or permitted by law.
 
5.  DISCLOSURES OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA  
 
We may have to share your personal data for the purposes set out in the table in paragraph 4 above:
 
•	Professional advisers including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services.
•	Regulators and other authorities and other relevant jurisdictions who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances.
•	Strikingly Inc – who host our website CMS and form data in the US
•	S.J.Drury / Web-aviso in UK whom we contract our website maintenance and internet marketing services who has logins to all related services including sight of form submitted data.  (See section 6. International Transfers)    
We require all third parties to whom we transfer your data to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the both Australian and EEA data privacy and protection laws. We only allow such third parties to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
 
6.  INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS  

Countries outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) do not always offer the same levels of protection to your personal data, so European law has prohibited transfers of personal data outside of the EEA unless the transfer meets certain criteria.
 
Many of our third parties service providers are based outside the European Economic Area (EEA) so their processing of your personal data will involve a transfer of data outside the EEA.
 
Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the EEA, we do our best to ensure a similar degree of security of data by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:
 
•	We will only transfer your personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data by the European Commission; or
•	Where we use certain service providers, we may use specific contracts or codes of conduct or certification mechanisms approved by the European Commission which give personal data the same protection it has in Europe; or
•	Where we use providers based in the United States, we may transfer data to them if they are part of the EU-US Privacy Shield which requires them to provide similar protection to personal data shared between the Europe and the US.
If none of the above safeguards is available, we may request your explicit consent to the specific transfer. You will have the right to withdraw this consent at any time.
Please email us at hillsosteopaths@gmail.com if you want further information on the specific mechanism used by us when transferring your personal data.
 
7.  DATA SECURITY  
 
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know such data. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
 
We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
 
8.  DATA RETENTION  
  
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. As such we deem retention for 2 years sufficient. 
 
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
  
In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data: see below for further information.
 
In some circumstances we may anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.
 
9.  YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS  
 
Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. These include the right to:
 
•	Request access to your personal data.
•	Request correction of your personal data.
•	Request erasure of your personal data.
•	Object to processing of your personal data.
•	Request restriction of processing your personal data.
•	Request transfer of your personal data.
•	Right to withdraw consent.
You can see more about these rights at: https://www.oaic.gov.au/individuals
If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please email us at hillsosteopaths@gmail.com  

You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
  
We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.
  
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.
 
 10. THIRD-PARTY LINKS  
 
This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.
 
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•	What is a cookie?

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Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system. 

If you want to check or change what types of cookies you accept, this can usually be altered within your browser settings. You can block cookies at any time by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
  

•	How do we use cookies?

We use cookies to track your use of our website. This enables us to understand how you use the site and track any patterns with regards how you are using our website. This helps us to develop and improve our website as well as products and / or services in response to what you might need or want.
  
•	Cookies are either: 

-	Session cookies: these are only stored on your computer during your web session and are automatically deleted when you close your browser – they usually store an anonymous session ID allowing you to browse a website without having to log in to each page but they do not collect any personal data from your computer; or

-	Persistent cookies: a persistent cookie is stored as a file on your computer and it remains there when you close your web browser. The cookie can be read by the website that created it when you visit that website again. We use persistent cookies for Google Analytics.

•	Cookies can also be categorised as follows: 

-	Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential to enable you to use the website effectively, such as when buying a product and / or service, and therefore cannot be turned off. Without these cookies, the services available to you on our website cannot be provided. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you have been on the internet.

-	Performance cookies: These cookies enable us to monitor and improve the performance of our website. For example, they allow us to count visits, identify traffic sources and see which parts of the site are most popular.

-	Functionality cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced features. For instance, we may be able to provide you with news or updates relevant to the services you use. They may also be used to provide services you have requested such as viewing a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect is usually anonymised.
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Terms & Conditions
Hills Osteopaths – Website Terms & Conditions


By continuing to browse and use this website you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy governs Hills Osteopaths relationship with you in relation to this website.

The term 'Hills Osteopaths' or 'us' or 'we' refers to Julian Howard the owner of the website. 

The term 'you' refers to the user or viewer of our website.

The use of this website is subject to the following terms of use:

The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.

Hills Osteopaths do monitor the quality of the information available on this website and updates the information regularly. However, neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. 

You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific requirements.

This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these terms and conditions.

All trademarks reproduced in this website which are not the property of, or licensed to the operator, are acknowledged on the website.

Unauthorised use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.

From time to time this website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).

Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of Australia
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