Dr Rosalba Courtney DO, PhD Rosalba is an osteopath, naturopath and breathing expert who practices in Avalon and Edgecliff and runs Healthy Breathing Healthy Child workshops in these locations. She is internationally recognized for her research, teaching and clinical expertise on the psychology, physiology and importance of breathing dysfunction and breathing therapy. Her recent research on breathing therapy for sleep disordered breathing has been published in the Journal Sleep and Breathing. She has been working with children for many years and is passionate about working with fundamentals such as sleep and breathing to help them reach their full potential as healthy happy adults. Her aim is to help people get out of pain, improve their long term health and quality of life by providing effective hands-on osteopathic treatment and by teaching her patients skills and strategies that will enable them to take active control of their health. These skills include breathing exercises, muscle and postural retraining and techniques for mindfulness and stress reduction. In her work as an osteopath and breathing therapist she believes that it is important to use the tools of modern science while not ignoring or devaluing the wisdom that lies in the accumulated knowledge and experience...
Revi Pressman, Osteopath Revi Pressman is a functional osteopath. She strongly believes in the body’s ability to heal itself with personalized treatment enhancing the process. While using her knowledge of anatomy and physiology, she approaches each patient with a gentle touch, using osteopathic craniosacral techniques. She offers a tailored treatment to suit the patient’s specific needs while incorporating a compassionate and holistic approach to achieve optimal treatment outcomes, thus promoting health and wellbeing. The treatment is aimed to improve physiological function and/or maintain the stability of the human body’s internal environment in response to changes in external conditions. The treatment is given in a supportive and comfortable environment to allow relaxation which promotes health. She sees in my practice a wide variety of conditions and presentations as the use of gentle techniques makes the treatment suitable to a wide variety of patients with different needs and in different stages of life.
