Osteopathy

What is Osteopathy?
Osteopathy is a form of natural medicine that treats your body as a single functioning unit.  Osteopathy is a branch of alternative medicine that is less intrusive and more effective than traditional Western medicine.  Osteopathy assesses and treats movement restrictions in your body tissues that prevent you from being healthy and fit.  It is unique because it focuses on the root cause of pain and dysfunction rather than simply masking the symptoms.  Western medicine typically focuses on treating the symptoms, and not the source of the ailment.  It is an effective way of healing because it doesn't prevent symptoms from returning or getting worse.

How can Osteopathy benefit me?
There are many benefits to osteopathic treatment.  In a nutshell, osteopathic treatment seeks to address the root cause of pain or illness, and relieve chronic pain.  The practice also encourages the body to heal itself and rely less on medication.

Here are some other benefits that you may find relevant:

• Reduces tension in the body
• Decreases joint stress
• Reduces pain and stiffness in the joints
• Increases range of motion in the joints
• Relieves chronic pain through non-invasive treatment
• Treats trauma from accidents, sports injuries, and motor vehicle injuries
• Increases circulation and healthy heart rate
• Quantitatively and gently treats spinal problems resulting from poor posture or spinal disk injuries
• Relieves tension headaches and migraine headaches
• Help body to adapt to hormonal changes during pregnancy
• Reduces blood pressure and associated diseases

What happens when you visit an Osteopath?
Your medical history is examined and discussed at any initial session with an Osteopath practitioner.  Your Osteopath will conduct a detailed health survey, paying attention to chief complaints, health issues, and other medical interventions that you've received in the past.
Then, an assessment of your needs will be performed.  Your Osteopath will conduct a physical examination in order to assess your physical condition, and ensure safe treatment options.  It is highly advisable to wear loose clothing, such as shorts and a t-shirt, for the physical assessment.

In Ontario, Osteopathic Manual Practitioners maintain, improve or restore the normal physiological function of interrelated body structures and systems, and, enhance the body’s natural ability to health itself. They use various manual assessment and treatment techniques and modalities to help people of all ages and backgrounds who suffer injury, pain or other health concerns by easing the pain, reducing swelling, improving tissue mobility and promoting efficient healing.

Why Osteopathy?

Osteopathic manual practitioners assess and treat your body as a whole, because:

• symptoms sometimes show up in a different part of your body from where the problem actually is

• there may be several factors contributing to the symptoms you experience

Osteopathic treatment is efficient, which helps to minimize the number of visits you need. Practitioners go through many years of training to develop their highly refined palpatory skills.

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