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Quay Osteo Quay Osteo provides healthcare of the highest quality to the Torquay and Surfcoast community. With

Quay Osteopathy provides healthcare of the highest quality to the Torquay and Surfcoast community. With special interest in pregnancy care, sports injuries and postural advice we look forward to caring for your family.

15/10/2026

Tying your shoelaces. That is all it took. And suddenly Jacqui was on her hands and knees crawling to the kitchen bench. 👇

This is the part of back pain that does not get talked about enough. It is not just the physical pain. It is the fear that comes with it. The frustration of being an active, healthy person and suddenly not being able to do the most ordinary things. The worry about what this means for the years ahead.

What most people do not realise is that you do not need a referral to see an osteopath. If something in your body is not right, we can be your first port of call. No waiting rooms, no referral letters, just a direct conversation with someone who can actually help.

If your back has been quietly worrying you, you do not have to wait for a crisis moment to reach out. We would much rather see you before the shoelace incident than after it.

👉 Book online at quayosteo.com.au or tap the link in bio.

14/10/2026

Your body keeps a record of every impact it has ever taken. And sometimes that record can still show up until decades later. 👇

A concussion that was walked off in the 80s, a whiplash from a car accident in your 20s, a few big knocks from years of contact sport. At the time the advice was often simply to rest and then get on with it. But the neck, the spine and the upper back were quietly absorbing the load of those impacts too, and without proper care they carry that history forward. We see it regularly in clinic. Wear and tear on an x-ray that does not match someone's age, neck restriction that has no obvious recent cause, headaches that have just always been there. When we take a thorough case history, the dots connect.

We are fortunate in 2026 to have so many more options for proper concussion and whiplash management than previous generations did. If you had significant head or neck injuries earlier in life that were never properly addressed, it is worth having a conversation about what your body might still be holding onto.

👉 Book online at quayosteo.com.au or tap the link in bio.

13/10/2026

Finding the right place to do your final year internship is not just about ticking a box. It shapes the kind of practitioner you become. 🤍

What stands out in Gemma's experience at Quay Osteo is something we hear consistently from the people who spend time here. That every patient is treated as an individual, that every practitioner brings something genuinely different to the table, and that the environment makes it feel less like a clinic and more like a community. That is not something you can manufacture. It is just the culture that has been built here over time, and it is exactly what we want every patient and every person who walks through our doors to feel from day one.

We cannot wait for you to meet Gemma properly when she joins the team on the 31st of August.

👉 Book online at quayosteo.com.au or tap the link in bio.

Today is World Mental Health Day. I spend a lot of my time talking about what stress does to other people's bodies. So ...
09/10/2026

Today is World Mental Health Day.

I spend a lot of my time talking about what stress does to other people's bodies. So today I'll talk about mine.

I'm a mum of two. I run a business. I'm a wife. Most days I love all three.

And some days I'm stretched thin. Like there's just enough of me to go around, provided nothing else happens (something else always happens).

From the outside you probably wouldn't know. The kids are fed, the lunchboxes mostly make it into the right bags, and everything that needs doing gets done.

Except the dishes, I'm really crap at dishes when I'm tired.

But there have been stretches where I haven't been okay. I have haunting memories of what burnout felt like 10 years ago.

I've watched people I love go through their own dark periods, which is a different kind of hard. You can't fix it for them. You can only stay close and keep showing up.

Twenty years of working with bodies has taught me that my body always knows before I do. For me it's waking at 3am solving the world's problems, and feeling like I've tried to chew my face off when I wake up in the morning.

I've gotten better over the years at noticing my habits, and at catching them sooner when they kick in. But it takes practice. I'm still practising.

No advice from me today (doesn't everyone throw enough of that around?). Just this:
Feeling stretched isn't failing.

Most of the people around you are carrying more than they let on. And "how are you?" usually needs asking twice before you get the real answer (three or four times, in my case).

Ask someone twice today. And if someone asks you, try telling them the truth.

If today feels heavy, Lifeline is there on 13 11 14.

01/10/2026

Getting weaker, more tired and more painful after 40 is common. It is not inevitable. And that distinction matters more than most people realise. 👇

The women we see in clinic who are navigating perimenopause and menopause are not dealing with a decline they have to accept. They are dealing with a change that, with the right support and the right movement, can absolutely be worked through. Bone density, tissue resilience and muscle mass all respond to progressive load. The body does not stop adapting after 40. It just needs more intention.

The hardest part is not the exercise itself. It is starting before the scary words like osteoporosis and osteopenia become the reason. It is far easier to maintain and build capacity than to rebuild it from scratch. If your body has been quietly changing and you are not sure where to start, that is exactly the conversation we are here to have.

👉 Book online at quayosteo.com.au or tap the link in bio.

29/09/2026

The moments that stay with you as a practitioner are rarely the most complex cases. They are the ones where being truly heard made all the difference. 👇

What you will hear across this reel from Laura, Tom and Casey is something that does not show up in a treatment plan. The patient who came in with no hope left and slowly rebuilt their life. The long-term patient walking through the door in silent, masked pain that only years of relationship allows you to see. The marathon runner whose eyes lit up at the finish line. The little boy who changed the way Laura understood what osteopathy could actually do.

These are the stories that shape the kind of practitioners our team are. And they are the reason that what happens at Quay Osteo goes well beyond a treatment table. If you have been carrying something for a long time and have started to wonder whether anything can actually change, we think it is worth finding out.

👉 Book online at quayosteo.com.au or tap the link in bio.

Anyone else have a kitchen bench that looks like this?People assume school holidays mean less to juggle.Not the mums I k...
28/09/2026

Anyone else have a kitchen bench that looks like this?

People assume school holidays mean less to juggle.

Not the mums I know.

Kids always home. More meals. More logistics. More "what are we doing today?" at 7am. (The enthusiasm is genuinely sweet. But OMG the relentlessness! 🫩)

It's the kind of busy that doesn't show up on a calendar but is completely exhausting.

If you've been feeling more depleted than rested these holidays, you're not doing it wrong. You're just the person holding everything together while also trying to be present, and fun, and patient.

At some point in the next week or so, you're allowed to book something that's just for you.

Not because you've earned it.

Because you need it, and that's reason enough.

…and if your kitchen looks like this too, I feel you…

Stress does not just live in your mind. It takes up residence in your body too, and it can be remarkably stubborn about ...
24/09/2026

Stress does not just live in your mind. It takes up residence in your body too, and it can be remarkably stubborn about leaving. 👇

This is something we talk about a lot at Quay Osteo because it is something we see constantly. People coming in with neck tension, jaw pain, lower back aches or headaches that seem to have no obvious physical cause. And when we dig into the full picture, the connection between what is happening in their life and what is happening in their body becomes very clear very quickly.

The nervous system and the musculoskeletal system are deeply intertwined. When we are under sustained pressure, whether that is work stress, poor sleep, emotional load or simply the pace of modern life, the body responds physically.

• Muscles tighten and stay tight
• Breathing becomes shallow.
• Posture changes.
And over time those adaptations become the new normal, right up until the point that they become painful.

The good news is that this cycle is absolutely something we can work with. Osteopathic treatment helps release the physical tension the body is holding and gives the nervous system a chance to settle. Combined with an honest conversation about what else might be contributing, that is often where real and lasting change begins.

You do not need a dramatic injury to deserve support. Carrying a lot, feeling tight and exhausted, and not quite feeling like yourself in your body are completely valid reasons to come in.

Save this one if it resonates. And if you are ready to do something about it, we would love to see you.

👉 Book online at quayosteo.com.au or tap the link in bio.

23/09/2026

You do not need a gym membership or a squat rack to start building the strength your body needs. A backpack, a water bottle, a book. That is genuinely enough to get started. 👇

What you are watching here is exactly the kind of movement we prescribe most for women over 40, not because it is easy, but because it is functional. Squats, lunges and hinge movements train the body to do what it actually needs to do in real life. And the research on heavy, progressive strength training for bone density, joint health and longevity in women is hard to ignore. The key is working within a comfortable range, loading progressively and knowing how to adapt when something does not feel right. That is where we come in.

Save this one and give it a go. And if something feels off or you want to know how to progress it safely, come and have a conversation with us.

👉 Book online at quayosteo.com.au or tap the link in bio.

21/09/2026

If your child plays contact sport, this one is for you. 👇

A concussion is a brain injury. Not a knock to shake off, not a reason to sit out one quarter and then push through. The three week return to play protocol now trickling down into junior sport exists because the data is clear. A second impact on an already injured brain, even a minor one, significantly delays recovery and can have consequences that show up decades later.

The hardest part for parents and coaches is often the pressure of a child who feels fine and desperately wants to play. Having a blanket rule removes that impossible decision from the sideline and puts the protection of the child first, exactly where it should be. If your child has had a head knock and you are not sure what the next step looks like, we are here and we are connected with local neurophysios who specialise in this space.

👉 Reach out via the link in bio or book online at quayosteo.com.au

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29 Boston Road
Torquay, VIC
3228

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Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 7pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 7pm
Saturday 8am - 3pm

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