COULD YOU BENEFIT FROM Manual Osteopathic Therapy?
One thing that has helped many people is Manual Osteopathic Therapyin Calgary. Osteopathy can help restore balance to the systems in your body to help relieve or prevent pain and discomfort. This can be amplified to other areas and affect multiple systems. Osteopaths treat the individual as a whole by integrating the mind, body, and spirit to help you feel better. Learn more about osteopathy.
"Any variation from the health has a cause, and the cause has a location. It is the business of the osteopath to locate and remove it (the cause), doing away with disease and getting health instead."
- A.T., MD, DO, Osteopathy Research and Practice
Manual Osteopathic Therapy in Calgary
Are you experiencing any of the following?
- Adhesive Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder)
- Arthritis
- Asthma
- Auditory Disturbances (hearing loss, sensitivity, tinnitus)
- Balance disturbances (dizziness, vertigo)
- Chronic Fatigue syndrome
- Degenerative disc and joint disease
- Epicondylitis
- Fibromyalgia
- Infections (colds, pneumonia)
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Migraines and other types of headaches
- Nerve entrapments (central and peripheral)
- Pain (acute and chronic)
- Postural imbalances (kyphosis, lordosis, scoliosis)
- Pregnancy
- Reflux
- Sinusitis
- Sprains and strains
- Tendonitis, bursitis
- TMJ pain
Manual Osteopathic Therapy can help:
- Improve the function of the organs
- Relieve chronic pain by decreasing stress on the joints and tension in the body, and by improving alignment to address the root cause of the pain
LOOKING FOR AN OSTEOPATH IN CALGARY?
What is osteopathy?
Osteopath’s DO(MP) treat the cause of the problem which resolves the symptoms. By determining the underlying factors causing the problem and assessing and treating the physical health of the patient. It is a manual, gentle and non-invasive treatment. A Manual Osteopathic Practitioner will assess and treat disorders of the body’s structure as it relates to any of the body’s systems: muscular, skeletal, respiratory, cardiovascular, digestive, nervous or reproductive. In fact, the Manual Osteopathic Practitioner will work not only with the spine and joints, but with tissues, scars, fascia and fluids as well. There are various techniques used on the joints or organs and gentle movement to correct biomechanical dysfunctions.
Osteopathic Consultation – What to Expect?
- Full Health History – discussing past medical history, surgeries, car accidents, breaks/sprains/fractures, sports you played, falls that you have sustained etc.
- Postural/Gait Analysis
- Muscle Testing – testing for weakness, or muscles that are not firing or overcompensating
- Identifying hidden factors that underlie any illness or injury you have sustained.
- Gentle manipulation to free restricted joints, tight muscles, tethered nerves and blockages around organs. The release of tension allows healing to occur.
- Suggestions for stretches & yoga poses that you can work on at home to help aid in the healing process.
- Strengthening exercises that will help build up any weaknesses in the body and prevent future injuries.
- The service is covered by most benefit providers and I will provide a formal receipt to submit to your insurance provider.
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