Osteopaths help the body cope with the physical stressors of daily life and stimulate the body’s own healing mechanisms so you can recover from your injury quicker. Beyond initial recovery, it is a work of optimizing the body’s capacity for adaptation, increased mobility, strength and overall health. This is why a lot of people chose to have regular osteopathic treatment as a practice of self care to maintain well being.

Osteopathy is a hand-on treatment modality. It encompasses so many approaches and techniques, some aspects of treatment may feel like massage work, some may be reminiscent of gentle chiropractic adjustments, while other techniques work on a more subtle, deeper level like cranial osteopathic techniques. Treatment is highly individualized, making it difficult to describe… The only through-line may be that good treatments should feel like the body is moved, stretched, softened, challenged or held, and given what it needs most in that moment.

People go to osteopaths for support with many aliments :

  • Pain felt anywhere in the body, including injuries, chronic pain, headaches

  • Neurological issues, like migraine, dizziness, restless leg syndrome, numbness, pins and needles, nerve pain

  • Digestive issues like constipation, bloating, work around scar tissue from surgery

  • Breathing issues like breathing dysfunctions, asthma, COPD (these last two are example of health conditions that cannot be “cured” by osteopathy, but osteopathic treatment can certainly help with labored breathing, by working on the diaphragm, ribs, and respiratory muscles). Breathing retraining can also be part of treatment

  • The physical manifestations of grief, depression, anxiety: Tight chest, difficulty sleeping, digestive issues, etc

    A note about mental health

    Offering mental health treatment is outside of my scope of practice as an osteopath but mental health support is still part of my role in helping a whole person, not just a body. The emotional aspect of your well being cannot be separated from your overall health and the links between pain and trauma cannot be overstated. My work involves holding space for all facets of your experience. Consultations serve your therapeutic needs, and that may include talking about what is on your mind. That is absolutely okay and even encouraged. Your privacy is absolutely protected under laws of patient confidentiality.