Osteopathy
What is Osteopathy?
Osteopathy is a manual therapy that evaluates a symptom(s) and attempts to trace it back to its origin. This modality considers the integration of the different systems of the body (skeletal, gastrointestinal, nervous, cardiovascular, etc.) in an attempt to optimize the physiological efficiency of the individual at that moment in time.
Where many therapies treat locally to the presentation of a symptom, osteopathy aims to discover and remove significant blocks that inhibit effective physiological expression of anatomical structures in dysfunction. Osteopathy delves deeper into anatomical structure and physiological interaction to reinforce the idealized state of health for the whole body, rather than limiting treatment to observable outward presentation.
What does this mean?
In a nutshell, over the course of several treatments, osteopathy aims to facilitate the best expression of tissue health. In this way, the body can function in a happier and self-sustaining way. Osteopathy removes blocks to optimal function and helps the body to regain control of its own health mechanisms.
Rates
45 Minutes is $150.00 + HST
60 Minutes is $160.00 + HST
How does massage therapy differ from osteopathy?
Typically, massage therapy is an excellent means of allaying tension and pain relating to musculoskeletal problems; this pain may be either acute or chronic. Osteopathy addresses more complex pathological processes that may include the digestive, cardiovascular, nervous, endocrine, and respiratory systems in either isolation or combination. While massage therapy has a broad scope of effect, some disorders require a more comprehensive and global approach to treatment.
Who seeks out treatment from an osteopathic manual practitioner?
Osteopathy supports those with long term ailments, chronic conditions, autoimmune disorders, and pathologies that have not been resolved effectively by other means. Osteopathy can address things such as concussion, organ dysfunction, nerve pain, and degenerative conditions. Osteopathy is often a last resort approach to those who have found limited resolution from other therapeutic alternatives.