So, I went to my appointment today. The therapist did an assessment, then I lay on my back and the therapist worked mainly on my neck and shoulders area. The treatment was firm but relatively gentle.

He said that my C5, C1 and C2 vertebrae were slightly rotated out of position. He did a gentle (non-aggressive) "functional" repositioning of C5 during the treatment. The rest of the time he worked on the surrounding neck and shoulder area. He said it felt like there was some possible scar tissue around C5 along with some fairly tense areas. I requested that he not attempt any cranial-sacral repositioning of the skull plates (not sure if he would have done this anyway).

Depending how I respond, he will take another look at C5 and possibly address the other two vertebrae during future treatments (just depends what I'm up for), along with general massage therapy. He did not think any aggressive treatment would be required to do this repositioning of the vertebrae. He generally recommends appointments every 2-3 weeks to allow the body to gradually respond to each treatment.

My neck felt slightly "worked" after the treatment but fine overall. No obvious negative effects. I feel pretty good about having attended at the clinic (10-min cab ride each way) and having undergone the treatment with no apparent problems.

Any thoughts or suggestions? Does this sound like a reasonable approach to massage therapy / osteopathic treatment?