Your Osteopath

Alex Douglas is an experienced, resourceful and caring osteopath.  He regularly treats patients with a variety of presentations, however is particularly known for his work with acute and chronic headaches, neck, shoulder and back pain, pregnancy related pain as well as knee and hip pain. 

Alex enjoys finding the root cause of a patient’s particular circumstance or injury, and helping them to return to their normal active lives as quickly as possible.

Alex treats his patients with a current evidence based approach, drawing on traditional osteopathic principles and techniques and also incorporating the use of dry needling into his practice where appropriate. Alex uses both a direct approach utilising soft tissue massage and joint manipulation and an indirect approach using gentle cranial techniques. He has found that combining different modalities of treatment is beneficial to the overall outcome for his patients.

Alex is best known for his ability to treat neck, lower back and pelvic pain quickly, with care, and with long lasting relief for his patients.  He also regularly looks after patients with hip, shoulder and elbow pain, and recurrent foot and ankle pain. He has worked with elite athletes, FIFOs, office workers, surfers, the elderly and everyone in between, as the principles of osteopathy remain the same – aiming to return the body to how it was designed to move.  This provides pain relief, freedom of movement, and a new lease on life.

Alex holds a double Bachelor degree majoring in Osteopathy from RMIT, Melbourne and following graduation lived and practiced in Sydney before calling Perth home.