Manual Osteopathy

We base osteopathy on the belief that the body has all it takes to keep itself in a well functioning state, heal itself, and all its systems are interdependent. What happens in one part of the body can easily affect another part of the body, much like how a toothache in your mouth can leave you in mental discomfort, and unable to concentrate on work, which is a mental process.

Manual Osteopathy Therapy Overview

It’s typical that in an osteopathy session, your therapist could check your knees when you’re complaining of a chronic headache. It’s possible that a knee injury could cause your headache. We do not set this principle in stone, but it’s a good way to eliminate all options.

Manual osteopathy comes in four major forms. They are:

Osteo-articular adjustments

Fascial release

Cranial-sacral techniques

Visceral manipulation
Osteo-articular adjustments and fascial release are commonly used in chiropractic and physiotherapy, so you might be familiar with them. Cranial-sacral techniques are focused on the bones of the head, the spinal cord, the membranes and fluid that support the brain and spinal cord, and attach them to the bones. Dysfunction in any of these parts could cause symptoms like headaches, pains along with those parts of the body and even affect digestive or respiratory functions. We focus visceral manipulation on the other hand on the organs, their suspension, the ligaments, and how they attach to the skeletal system.

5) When the normal adaptability is disrupted, or when environmental changes overcome the body’s capacity for self maintenance, disease may ensue.

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6) The movement of body fluids is essential to the maintenance of health.

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7) The nerves play a crucial part in controlling the fluids of the body.

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8) There are somatic components to disease that are not only manifestations of disease, but also are factors that contribute to maintenance of the disease state.

Benefits

A manual osteopathy practitioner uses their hands to manipulate parts of the body in pain to reduce inflammation and restore balance. In Canada alone, the use of manual osteopathy has doubled over the last 10 years. It has proven to be effective in treating back pain, leg pain, and managing conditions such as fibromyalgia.

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Therapy sessions are short, usually 20-30 minutes in length, and provide successful relief of chronic pain and restore mobility painlessly. Permanent relief typically begins 72 hours following treatments. Contact us today for a consultation.

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Osteopathy & Shock Wave Therapy for well-being:

Includes total body musculoskeletal assessment and manual osteopathy treatments to improve wellness and health level and prevent possible future problems. Treatment included Shockwave Therapy to release the pain area (3-5 sessions recommended for the best result).

Gait Assessment:

full postural and foot assessment, situation of body posture on feet, Orthotic recommendation with consideration of gait analysis, new 3D technology and foam pressure casting techniques. Recommendation type of treatment and well-being to improve poor postures like hyper/hypo lordosis in the lumbar area, hyper kyphosis in the thoracic region, forward head postures and round shoulders, scoliosis, sway back, etc.

Kinesio Taping:

Applying flexible tape on a specific area of the body to increase blood and lymphatic circulation, decrease the pain and inflammation and finally, improve the function. It is a particular working on myofascial system that can be a preventative or functional tape before extreme exercise or high demand physical activities and sports.

Sport Taping:

Applying athletic tape on specific body joints and areas to protect likely injuries in susceptible clients or improve the rate of recovery after injuries for the injured part.

Manual Osteopathy