Are you looking for a holistic approach to your health and well-being? Have you been dealing with a painful condition that traditional healthcare doesn’t seem to be helping the way you’d hoped? You may benefit from osteopathic treatments. At For Health’s Sake in Downtown (Queen St West), Leslieville (Queen St East) and Kingsway (Etobicoke), we offer an integrated team of highly trained practitioners dedicated to helping you get the results you deserve!
Osteopathic Manual Practitioners understand the human body’s interconnectedness and treat the root cause of your condition. This approach helps provide symptom relief while also helping to prevent or reduce the condition(s) from reoccurring in the future. In addition, osteopathy can help the circulatory, nervous, and lymphatic systems.
What are the techniques used by an Osteopathic Manual Practitioner?
Osteopathy is more than just manual therapy; manual techniques are a cornerstone of the treatments. Some methods are similar to those used by a chiropractor or physiotherapist. But these techniques are used primarily in the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions and injuries (i.e., back and neck pain, cervicogenic headaches, or knee pain)
Osteopathic care contains over 100 different techniques or procedures. The most commonly used structural approaches are broadly grouped into seven major types:
- High-velocity low amplitude thrust (aka manipulation)
- Soft tissue/massage
- Articulation
- Muscle energy
- Counterstrain
- Myofascial release
- Lymphatic pump
Your highly skilled practitioner at For Health’s Sake in Downtown (Queen St West), Leslieville (Queen St East) and Kingsway (Etobicoke), will use whatever treatment approach will benefit your condition and help your overall health and well-being.
What conditions benefit from osteopathic treatments?
More and more research is providing evidence that osteopathic treatment can help a wide range of conditions, including:
- Back and neck pain – decreased intensity of perceived pain
- Shoulder, hip, knee, and ankle pain
- Sciatica and nerve pain
- Headaches and migraines
- TMJ (jaw pain and dysfunction)
- Sports injuries and recovery
- Pregnancy-related discomfort and pelvic pain
- Postpartum recovery
- Pregnancy-related discomfort and pelvic pain
- Stress and nervous system regulation
The goal of osteopathy is to help the whole person by alleviating pain and restoring the body’s function. Our team is here to help you in any way we can; call For Health’s Sake today to learn more about our services!
Ashley Clark
I have always had a long-standing passion for health and wellness. My journey in learning started in Philadelphia where I obtained a Bachelors of Science in Athletic Training, while competing as a varsity volleyball athlete. From there, I obtained a Masters of Osteopathic Manipulative Sciences over a four year, intensive…
Osteopathic Manual Practitioner, M.OMSc - Downtown, Leslieville
Marc-Anthony Perez Reale
As someone who has always been passionate about movement and the human body, whether at the gym, on the field, or in clinical practice, I’ve dedicated my career to helping people move better, feel better, and live with less pain. This hands-on approach to wellness is what drew me to…
Osteopathic Manual Practitioner, M.OMSc - Kingsway, Leslieville