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Restoring your bodies structure to facilitate the natural self-healing and self-regulating abilities

11/19/2025

🧣 Myth or Fact: Cold weather causes the common cold ❄️

MYTH!

It’s not the cold weather (or going outside with wet hair!) that makes you sick. During the colder months, we tend to move less — it’s a time to rest, slow down, and hibernate a little. But remember, movement is crucial for a healthy immune system and proper lymphatic flow.

When we become more sedentary, our natural pumping mechanisms slow down — meaning less circulation and lymphatic drainage, which can make us more prone to catching viruses.

And yes, viruses do love the cold! They survive longer in cooler, drier air and spread more easily indoors where we’re all gathered and cozy.

So this season, stay warm — but also stay moving. Your immune system will thank you 🫶

11/12/2025

💧 The Lymphatic System — your body’s natural defence + drainage network

Fun fact: unlike arteries, your lymphatic and venous systems don’t have a built-in pump to move fluid. Instead, they rely on movement — the natural rhythm of your body — to keep things flowing.

As we move, breathe, and stretch, our muscles and joints massage these vessels, encouraging lymph and venous return. This flow slows down in lymph nodes (like those in your armpits, groin, and along the diaphragm), where your body reads what’s entered the system and builds immunity against unwanted visitors.

In osteopathy, we say “drainage precedes supply.”
If injury, posture, or everyday strain limit motion, we lose that natural pumping action — fluid becomes stagnant, the immune system slows, and we might feel boggy, congested, or prone to headaches and sinus issues.

Another cool fact — all lymph drains into two main ducts under your collarbones before circulating back into the heart and lungs. So if shoulder and chest mobility are limited, lymphatic drainage is, too!

✨ Movement is medicine. Keep the flow going. ✨

11/05/2025

"To cure disease, the abnormal must be admitted to the normal." – A.T. Still

We as humans are a part of nature — designed in perfect structure, with each part moving freely to allow space for our organs, nerves, arteries, veins, and lymphatics to function without restriction.

But life happens — injuries, stress, or trauma can shift us out of this natural blueprint. When movement is lost, space is lost… and with it, the flow of the body’s innate healing mechanisms.

That’s where osteopathy comes in. Through gentle, hands-on treatment, we work to restore the body’s structure so it can return to balance. When the body moves as it’s meant to, healing follows naturally. 🌿

✨ The body heals itself — we simply create the conditions for it to do so.

10/27/2025

✨ Updated Clinic Hours ✨

As my time in Parksville comes to an end, I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of my patients there — it’s been such a joy to be part of your care journey. 💛

As my practice in Comox continues to grow, I’ll be expanding my hours to better accommodate everyone locally.

🗓️ New Comox Hours
📍 Inside Comox Centre Mall, Unit
Wednesday & Thursday: 2:15 – 8:15 PM
Friday: 10 – 2 PM & 3 – 6 PM
Saturday: 10 – 4 PM

Thank you for your continued support as my practice evolves here in the Comox Valley — I’m so grateful to be able to serve this wonderful community! 🌿

09/22/2025

I’ll be away October 7th–27th ✈️ so be sure to book your appointments before then (or start planning ahead for November + December).

✨ New schedule coming in November with more availability for the Comox Valley community!

✨ Reminder: the end of the year is creeping up — don’t let your insurance benefits go to waste!

I’m looking forward to supporting you through the fall + winter season. 🍁💆🏻‍♀️

09/09/2025

🌊🌲 Your body is nature.

It moves with the same tides, flows, and rhythms.

Osteopathy simply reminds it how. ✨

09/04/2025

✨ September Availability at Welch Osteopathy ✨

September is filling up quickly! I’ve added a few extended days and still have some openings — perfect if you’ve been thinking about booking in. 🌿

📅 Available times + days are on the calendar above!

🧾 Don’t forget: insurance benefits reset soon — now’s the time to use them before the year’s end.

Book your spot through the link in bio — appointments are limited and I’d love to see you before my fall break in October. 🍂

07/07/2025

👂✨ Did you know your ear does a lot more than just help you hear?

Your vestibular system — housed within the inner ear — plays a huge role in balance and spatial awareness. It contains fluid and tiny receptors that help signal to your brain which direction your head and body are moving. It’s like your internal gyroscope!

When things feel off — like vertigo, dizziness, or ringing in the ears (tinnitus) — it might seem like it's just an “ear issue,” but from an osteopathic perspective, it often goes deeper.

👉 These symptoms can be related to:

Poor drainage in the head/neck (fluid buildup can affect balance signals)
Tension or strain on the cranial nerves that serve the ear
Postural imbalances or compensations elsewhere in the body
Because structure affects function, if the body isn't draining properly or is holding tension, it can cause a chain reaction that shows up as symptoms in the ear.

Osteopathy looks at the whole body as a dynamic unit — so even if the ear is where you're feeling it, the root cause may be elsewhere.

By gently working with the body's structure, we can improve drainage, reduce pressure, and support your nervous system — helping you feel more grounded, steady, and well.

💆‍♀️ Have questions about how osteopathy might help your vertigo, tinnitus, or balance? I’m happy to chat!

06/23/2025

☀️ Summer Hours Update! ☀️

Starting June 27th, I’ll be shifting my Friday hours in Comox to 10am–2pm (instead of 2–8pm) — all in the name of living that sweet island lifestyle 🌿

Whether you’re heading into the forest, hitting the water, or just getting your weekend started early, let’s make sure your body is moving its best before you dive into those summer adventures.

This change helps support preventative care too — so you’re not dealing with an injury after the fun is over!

📍Parksville hours (Tuesdays 11–3) and the rest of my Comox days stay the same — just this slight Friday shift to better suit the season 🧡

Ready to get in before your next escape?
Book online or reach out — I’d love to see you.

05/20/2025

“Osteopathy treats the cause, not the symptoms.” – A.T. Still

Pain is often your body’s way of waving a red flag — a signal that something isn’t functioning or moving quite right.

At Welch Osteopathy, I look beyond the site of discomfort to find the why. An osteopathic assessment takes into account your entire body — not just the area that hurts — to uncover structural imbalances, compensations, and strain patterns that might be overloading your system.

Because when we treat the cause, the symptoms often take care of themselves.

Schedule your initial assessment & treatment today so we can work towards unraveling your patterns. Booking link is in my bio or through my website welchosteopathy.com

05/13/2025

Myth or Fact?

Fact: There are three layers of muscles on the bottom of your foot — and they do a lot more than just help you walk.

These intrinsic foot muscles stabilize your arches, assist in balance, and help distribute load as you move. When these tissues become restricted — whether from injury, poor footwear, or postural habits — the entire body may compensate.

And in osteopathy, we love compensation (well, we love understanding it).
Because when one area loses mobility, another will often pick up the slack.

That’s why your knee pain might actually be a foot problem.
Or your hip tension could be your foot saying, “Help!”
Even low back pain can sometimes trace back to how your foot moves (or doesn’t).

And yes —
The ankle bone’s connected to the knee bone,
The knee bone’s connected to the hip bone…
You know the song. But in osteopathy, it’s not just a catchy tune — it’s anatomy in action.

Structure affects function, and when mobility is lost, compensation kicks in.
That’s why we assess the whole body, not just the symptom area.

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215 Port Augusta Street, Unit #25B
Comox, BC
V9M3M9

Opening Hours

Wednesday	2:15pm - 8:15pm
Thursday	2:15pm - 8:15pm
Friday	2:15pm - 8:15pm
Saturday	10am - 3pm

Website

https://welchosteopathy.janeapp.com/#staff_member/1, http://www.welchosteopathy.com/

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