What is Osteopathic Manual Therapy?
Osteopathic Manual Therapists identify and assess the body using osteopathic palpation, a very sensitive touch that assesses the body's structures and rhythms. The treatment is performed using the hands to treat imbalances within a patient’s muscles, organs, bones, joints, ligaments, or connective tissue. The goal is to restore proper structure and function and promote healing from within. This hands-on therapy uses different techniques such as soft tissue manipulation to improve circulation and repair improper biomechanics.
Osteopathic Manual Therapy is taking anatomical knowledge and the science of how the body functions and turning it in an art form. Even two people dealing with the same symptoms will have a different way in how their body got to that point and will compensate differently. The therapist needs to assess and discern the best approach for that person on that day.
Using their extensive knowledge base, the therapist will use their palpatory skills and a variety of tools such as craniosacral therapy, visceral manipulation, myofascial release or joint mobilization to name a few in order to direct the body towards a better state of health.
About
I know it sounds corny but I absolutely love Osteopathy and that I am able to do it as a job. It feels like cheating that I am one of the lucky ones who found something that doesn’t feel like “work”. I try to come to all of my appointments with an open mind so that I can take in all the information coming to me and use it to create the most effective treatment.
I started out with a Bachelor in Kinesiology in 2014 and also have an advanced certificate in Athletic Therapy. This started my manual therapy career, working with athletes of all types and in a clinic setting really opened the door for training in Osteopathy as it gave me a lot of the building blocks I needed.
In 2021 I finished my 5-year program from the Canadian College of Osteopathy and continue to build on my skills with advanced training. Osteopathy greatly expanded my anatomical knowledge and treatment base. I work with the goal of not only reducing pain and dysfunction, but helping each client’s body to better adapt and regulate.
