Osteopathy

What is Osteopathy?

Osteopathy focuses on whole body healing and improvement using non-invasive, manual therapy and helps to strengthen and improve musculoskeletal function. A hands-on treatment approach will assess and treat the areas of the body a patient may have complaints (such as the spine, joints or muscles) and aims to connect and improve functions for these areas and other systems of the body (such as lymphatic, nervous and circulatory systems), improving the overall health, wellbeing and function of the patient.
Techniques used in Osteopathic treatment can include manual stretching, pressure, resistance and craniosacral therapy. It aims to regulate all the systems of your body alleviating pain and discomfort without the need of more invasive procedures, medications or treatment. Osteopathic techniques can be especially effective with other holistic approaches such as massage, acupuncture, naturopathy and chiropractic care.

What can Osteopathy help treat?

Osteopathy can help treat a wide variety of ailments such as:

arthritis
joint, neck and back pain
headaches and migraines
repetitive stress pain (such as carpal tunnel or tennis elbow)
sports injuries
posture pain (including issues from work, driving or digestive issues)
pain regulation
body dysregulation
cardio/respiratory problems
digestive problems
reproductive issues

Who can be treated using Osteopathic Techniques?

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ANYONE! Osteopathy is suggested for treatment for:

Children and Youth
Seniors
Adults focused on whole body wellness
Athletes or people suffering from sports injuries

Meet Thomas B.

Thomas’s treatment style is unique, combining what he has learned in massage college, so far in osteopathy college, and as a personal trainer, creating a progressive approach to manual therapy and massage. With Thomas your treatment is performed over your clothes on the treatment table, and you can expect to be moved, stretched and participate in the treatment itself. This is in some ways very different than “traditional” massage but incorporates many aspects of massage techniques to be highly effective.
He wants to help everyone make their day to day more manageable and get back to life as quickly as possible after an injury. Thomas uses a wide variety of techniques including, craniosacral therapy, strain counter strain, fascial release, trigger point therapy, joint pumping, spinal stretches, functional exercises and many others. He helps with headaches, musculoskeletal injuries to shoulders, elbows, wrists, lower back, hips, neck, ankles, and knees. He also works on TMJ, chronic conditions/pain, constipation, management of autoimmune conditions; a few examples including rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia among many others.

Thomas B. RMT/Osteo Student

Thomas grew up in Aurora, playing sports in his free time. In his school years he was a cross country runner and competitive basketball player. During the summer he was cottaging or off to camp Kitchikewana on Beausoleil island where sailing was his favourite thing to do. Later on in high school he began playing Ultimate frisbee. He found himself representing Canada twice on the world stage winning a Silver in Vancouver BC and a Gold medal in Florence Italy. Throughout his athletic career he had an assortment of injuries, and massage therapy got him back on the field and court effectively. After a short career in personal training, he decided to attend the Canadian College of Massage and Hydrotherapy and has been a practicing RMT ever since. He has worked in an assortment of clinics gaining experience working with Chiropractors, Physiotherapists, Personal Trainers and Osteopaths. In 2017 he began a 5 year Osteopathy diploma which is almost complete at the Ontario Academy of Progressive Osteopathy