Osteopathy Clinics in Vancouver

Osteopathy is a type of medical practice that emphasizes physical manipulation and massage of the body's muscles, tissue, joints, and bones. Practitioners of osteopathy are referred to as osteopaths.

Osteopathy can help treat arthritic pain, sciatica, tendonitis, and pain in areas of the body such as the back, shoulders, neck, hips, legs, and pelvis.

Some benefits of osteopathy include improved body function, flexibility, and mobility.

Other benefits may include reduced stress levels and muscle tension, increased energy, more restful sleep, and overall less pain in your everyday activities and lifestyle.

Osteopaths focus on the holistic health of the body, rather than just the injured, painful, or affected part. They look at how your skeleton, joints, muscles, nerves, circulatory system, connective tissue, and internal organs function as a whole-body unit. Chiropractors will generally treat pain and altered body alighment-related problems using manipulation of the joints, called adjustments, either of the spine or the limbs. Manipulation is a fast manual technique that takes the joints being treated to the end of their available range of motion. Physiotherapists use hands-on techniques for mobilization of joints or massage for release of tight muscle or connective tissue. They also use an individualized exercise program to maintain the improvements/gains reached throughout treatment.

Osteopathy is recommended for people with conditions that affect the muscles, bones, and joints, such as lower back pain, neck pain, and shoulder pain.

Osteopathy is a treatment primarily focused on the bone structure. Treatments involve stretching and massaging muscles and joints. Osteopathy also includes articulation, which involves moving joints through their natural position and high-velocity thrusts.