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OSTEOPATHY is a client-centred discipline that is based on understanding the relationship between structure and function in order to enhance the body’s inherent ability to heal. It relies on skilled manual therapeutic techniques to assess and treat the client, guiding the natural self-healing properties of the human body.

WHAT is osteopathy?

The PHILOSOPHY OF OSTEOPATHY is based on four basic principles:

  • Each structure in the body supports the body’s functions.

  • The natural flow of the body’s fluids – lymphatic, vascular and neurological – must be preserved and maintained.

  • The human body is the sum of its parts. Its physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and cognitive systems don’t work independently - they work in harmony.

  • When the body has no restrictions, it has the inherent ability to heal itself.

OSTEOPATHIC MANUAL PRACTITIONERS recognize a person as an integrated whole. When all of the body’s components are in balance, a person is complete and in total health. Osteopathic Manual Practitioners work to maintain, improve and restore the normal physiological function of interrelated body structures and systems, enhancing the body’s natural ability to heal itself.

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                                                                                      - Ontario Association of Osteopathic Manual Practitioners

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Kaili's  Approach to Treatment 

Kaili strives to identify the root cause of dysfunction within your body, understanding that each person is unique and requires individual treatment considerations.  She acknowledges the importance of patient education and empowerment as part of the healing process.

 

The process begins with a review of your health history and goals, followed by a full body assessment in order to understand how your body functions as a whole and to identify areas of restriction.  A variety of osteopathic manual therapy techniques are employed in order to provide  you with the care needed to help restore function and aid your body's ability to heal.  Osteopathic manual therapy techniques utilized include soft tissue manipulation, osteopathic articular technique (gentle joint mobilization), craniosacral technique and visceral manipulation.

 

Clients are often given supplementary education and exercises to perform at home in order for them to become active and engaged throughout the process.  This creates a dynamic where individuals become invested in their own healing, reaching their wellness goals through restoring and maintaining a connection with their physical bodies. 

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Kaili strives to create a space that is safe and peaceful in order to promote a  calm nervous system. This allows for reconnection of body and mind, which is necessary for healing to occur. 

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Approach to Therapy
Registered Massage Therapy
WHAT TYPES OF TECHNIQUES are used in osteopathy?

Osteopathy employs a variety of techniques and modalities including: 

  • SOFT TISSUE MANIPULATION as a method of evaluating and treating soft tissues to ease restriction, alleviate discomfort and improve the natural flow of fluids in the body.

  • OSTEOPATHIC ARTICULAR TECHNIQUE is a gentle form of joint mobilization used to improve mobility, reduce muscle spasm and alleviate discomfort.

  • CRANIAL OSTEOPATHY is an incredibly gentle and unique form of care to assess and treat the mobility of the skull bones and their contents, as well as the spine, sacrum and other parts of the body that are connected within the craniosacral system. The intent is to affect the central nervous system and physiology by improving the mobility and motility of these structures in order to optimize the flow of cerebral spinal fluid and neurovascular impulses to the autonomic centres of the body.

  • VISCERAL MANIPULATION is used to effectively treat organs and viscera of the body. Using gentle manipulation, Osteopathic Manual Practitioners mobilize the structures and their surrounding connective tissue to restore proper movement, improving motility of organs, and the flow of fluids to and from the organs in order to optimize their function, contributing to the overall health of the individual.

Craniosacral Therapy
WHAT CONDITIONS & SYMPTOMS can osteopathy help to alleviate?

  • tension headaches

  • acute + chronic pain

  • muscle spasms

  • postural imbalances

  • stress

  • compression syndromes such as carpal tunnel & thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS)

  • repetitive strain injuries such as tendinitis 

  • sports injuries including sprains and strains

  • arthritic conditions

  • digestive + feeding issues

  • respiratory difficulties 

  • edema (swelling)

  • temporal mandibular joint dysfunction (TMD)

  • lymphatic disorders

  • frozen shoulder

  • scar tissue and contracture formation

  • whiplash associated disorder (WAD)

  • post-concussion symptoms

  • low back pain

  • pre and postnatal discomfort

​Osteopathy can help alleviate a wide range of symptoms and conditions by easing restrictions that cause pain, swelling, and restrict range of motion. Some of these include: ​

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