Osteopathy is a gentle and effective approach to manual treatment that emphasizes the body’s ability to heal itself. Osteopathic Manual Practitioners encourage this self-healing capacity through realigning the structures of the body.
Practitioners of Osteopathic Manual Therapy follow the theory that imbalances in the human structure contribute to the development of disease. Our role is to encourage the body’s ability to self-heal through manual treatment. We then allow nature to do its job of removing any and all obstacles and obstructions that will interfere with the proper nutrition and drainage of the body’s tissues.

What is an Osteopathic Manual Practitioner?
Osteopathic Manual Practitioners are educated and trained to work exclusively without the use of drugs or surgery by using manual methods for assessment and treatment.
Osteopathy is a form of manual therapy that involves gentle mobilizations of the entire body. Osteopathic Manual Practitioners work through all joints and soft tissues looking for asymmetries, and gently realign the bones, muscles, and ligaments to allow the body to self-heal. We strive to encourage proper flow through the nerves, arteries, veins, and lymphatics to facilitate full body healing. Everyone, young and old, relatively healthy or not, can benefit from the effects of treatment.

A craniosacral approach to osteopathic treatment focusses on evaluating and enhancing the movement of the Craniosacral System. The Craniosacral system comprises the membranes and the cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds, protects, and nourishes the brain and spinal cord. Imbalances in this system can contribute to the development of pain and disease. Our role is to remove restrictions and correct imbalances which allows the body to self-heal and self-regulate.

Treatment involves gentle mobilizations of the entire body. Osteopathic Manual Practitioners work through all joints and soft tissues looking for asymmetries, gently realigning the bones, muscles, and ligaments. The aim in treatment is to encourage proper flow through the nerves, arteries, veins, and lymphatics as well as the movement of the dura and cerebrospinal fluid in order to facilitate full body healing.

Osteopathy is a gentle approach to manual therapy and therefore can be safely used to treat infants, babies, and young children.
Some common childhood issues stem from imbalances established through prolonged positioning in the womb or the forces at play during labour and delivery. As an Osteopathic Manual Practitioner, my role is to remove imbalances and restore proper physiological motion and function to the affected structures. This, in turn, encourages the child's innate self-healing mechanisms to prevail, helping them to stay happy and healthy.