What is Osteopathy

                Osteopathy is a system of healing where the practitioner assesses, eases and mobilizes the patient’s body, helping it engage the self-healing it is capable of. Manual osteopaths work with the muscles and fascia like massage therapists, mobilize joints similar too but not in the same way as chiropractors, and can advice on ongoing therapeutic and strengthening exercises like physiotherapists. 

                You can expect your manual osteopathic practitioner to do a complete body assessment because osteopathy treats the entire body, as a single functioning unit. When one part of the body is dysfunctional, it throws the entire body out of balance. Sometimes the complications that show up to the patient, are only the symptom. Your manual osteopath will help get to the root of the problem, improving structure thereby enhancing function. With better function, comes better mobility, better healing, better health and better quality of life.

How I Came to be a Manual Osteopath and Life Coach

                As a Copywriter and academic, I spent (too many) hours in a chair which resulted in structural problems and chronic pain. It didn’t help that I was obese, stationary and unhappy. It took years of hard work on myself – internally and externally – to get to a place where I was healthy and ???, with a career others dream of – I was a well-paid Copywriter working in my pajamas from my home office.  

                The only problem was I wasn’t happy. I hated work, despite enjoying the people I worked with and the projects that came along. I hated sitting, I hated staring at a screen, and I hated that I hadn’t changed course in undergrad and found a way to switch to study science and become a manual practitioner as I wanted. Soon I was miserable, I’d gained back the 80 pounds I’d lost and my mental state was deteriorating alarmingly. I didn’t understand how I could have gotten out of poverty, broke away from toxic family, worked my way to career success, built happy relationships, learned healthy ways to parent, and grown so much as a person only to be so miserable.  

                The answer came in three successive diagnoses: an autoimmune illness, a mental illness, and the most scary, retinal deterioration with the diagnosis that it as a result of a progressive genetic disorder. I hit bottom, processed what was happening (in the unhealthiest of ways) and then decided, I would set out to live the life I wanted, even if I did it without sight. In the time since, I’ve relearned how to live with my new circumstances, I dived into the study of the human body, it’s intricacies, and the practice of healing it, and have been grateful to learn that my vision hasn’t deteriorated any further. 

                As with you, I’ve had my share of struggle, but I fight always for happiness and health. Now I am helping others – to get physically ready for their best lives and mentally ready to move forward – and I’ve never been happier, healthier or more fulfilled. I’m looking forward to working with you.