Being a practising Osteopath or Naturopath are both fulfilling careers. Every day can present worthwhile challenges and fresh calls upon your skills. Since the passing of the Osteopathy Act in 1993, the status of the profession has risen accordingly, and the statutory register The General Osteopathic Council now regulates the profession.  Osteopathy is now recognized as part of primary health care, enjoying a close working relationship with the medical profession.

Both are financially rewarding professions, which are not overcrowded and there is a continuous demand for their services.  For example, over 6 million people a year seek osteopathic treatment and demand is increasing.  Research has shown that most people feel that they stand a better chance of obtaining relief for back pain outside conventional medicine, with osteopathic treatment being acknowledged as the most successful.

Increasingly, people are seeking treatment for conditions far removed from the aches and sprains and sporting injuries, which constitute the simplistic view of osteopathic practice and naturopaths are successfully treating a wide range of clinical conditions.