About Osteopathy
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Osteopathy is a manual therapy, that assists the body's own ability to heal itself through light touch, manual manipulation and listening to each individual body. It is a hands on approach to encourage mobility, fluidity and balance within each system of the human body.
The osteopathic practitioner assesses and treats the skeletal, muscular, nervous, vascular, cranial and visceral systems to help restore mobility and overall health for each patient.
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Osteopathy can address a wide range of conditions, including acute and chronic pain such as back pain, headaches, sports injuries, musculoskeletal disorders, digestive issues, and uro-gynecological pain.
It is also effective in treating concussions, whiplash, surgical scars, stress, as well as emotional and physical trauma, and the general wear and tear of daily life. -
The patient will be assessed in standing, sitting and laying and then treated in accordingly. The treatment is gentle, light and should be comfortable throughout.
Patients can expect to have the therapist place their hands on their back, legs, arms, head, neck, pelvis, ribcage or belly under the verbal consent of the patient. The treatment will stop at any time if consent is removed by the patient.
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Athletic attire that is comfortable and loose. Denim and tight hugging leggings and shirts are not ideal as they put tension on the tissue in an unnatural way.
Your osteopathic practitioner needs to be able to feel the tissues without conformity. Blankets are provided if the patient runs cold. The osteopathic practitioner will always work with the patients comfort level. You will never be asked to undress to a level you are uncomfortable with.
Osteopathy Regulatory Body
OsteopathyBC is a regulatory body that governs Osteopathic Practitioners in British Columbia. We are an unregulated profession for the time being, and OsteopathyBC helps advocate for us, regulate the level of education it takes to become a Osteopathic Practitioner, and helps educate the public about Osteopathy.
If your manual osteopath is a member of OsteopathyBC, that means they have had extensive training in Canada or around the world.
Because Osteopathy is unregulated nationally, it is possible anyone can call themselves an Osteopathic Practitioner with a online weekend course! This of course is not the case at White Rock Osteopathy. We are all in good standing with OsteopathyBC.
For more information, please see the Osteopathy BC website.
