Osteopathybc

OsteopathyBC, is the only society for manual practice osteopathy registered with the BC government. Nonprofit Healthcare association in BC

06/26/2024

Introducing OsteopathyBC's 2024-2025 Board of Directors!

Our OsteopathyBC Board Members Are:

Gail Abernethy - President

Sarah Stranan - Vice President

William Jarrige - Secretary

Halyna Vreken - Treasurer

OBC's Directors:

Sumen Singla-Goyal

Erica Trivett

Melita Hatton

Sonia Lam

Teara Ashby

And OsteopathyBC's Staff

Nancy Taylor - Executive Director

OsteopathyBC is a professional association of Osteopathic Practitioners, who work to maintain and promote the highest standard of osteopathic healthcare in British Columbia.

We serve our members and protect the public by ensuring the practice of manual osteopathy in BC is aligned
with the highest standards of osteopathic health care in Canada and Internationally.

For more information about our association, please visit osteopathybc.ca

06/19/2024

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06/12/2024

We have a great course coming up that you won't want to miss!

Supporting Patients With the ELDOA™ Method
🗓️ Thursday, June 20th, 2024
⌚️ Time: 7-9pm PST
💻️ Location: Online
⏺️ Recording available:Yes (two weeks)
🧘🏼‍♀️ Instructor:Marla Waal, ELDOA™Method instructor, Buteyko instructor, certified Pilates instructor

Course Description:
ELDOA™is a therapeutic intervention that can be done independently by the patient and with regular practice can improve posture, strengthen intrinsic spinal muscles, and create more space for the discs. Guy Voyer, DO(FR) believes that the patient must be active in their own healing process and that it will lead to improved health outcomes coupled with osteopathic care.

This unique online workshop blends discussion with active practice to highlight and experience a somatic practice created by a French osteopath.

About the Instructor:
Marla was a professional dancer and has instructed yoga for more than 25 years. She is a Pilates instructor, Buteyko Breath Educator, and one of only a few level 4 ELDOA™Trainers in Canada.

Marla lives in Vancouver BC, Canada and teaches clients in person and online. Marla is passionate about helping her clients move away from pain and tension patterns so that they can get back to doing what they love!

Her latest project is‘Thrive While Sitting’,a platform to help those who sit for their work improve their overall health by learning to respect the design of their spine.

📩 Members can register via the link in their email.

06/05/2024

A big thank you to everyone who attended and took part in our 2024 AGM!

We had an excellent turnout of both in-person and online attendees and really appreciated being able to come together and connect with OBC members from across the province of British Columbia.

Highlights included:
-Sharing reports from each of our committee chairs
-Celebrating progress and accomplishments of the past year
-Updates on OBC's progress in working with insurance providers so that more patients can access osteopathic care through their benefits packages
-Invitations for OBC members to join committees
-Updates on the wonderful work being done by our new Executive Director
-A summary of the results from our recent member surveys
-Recap on our updated website and all of the resources available to OBC members

Our 2024-2025 Board of Directors looks forward to continuing to advocate for and promote the profession of Osteopathy within BC.

For more information and updates on OsteopathyBC please visit www.osteopathybc.ca

05/29/2024

Get to Know your Osteo!

Introducing Becky Cyndroski, osteopathic practitioner and member of OsteopathyBC!

Becky is an Osteopathic Practitioner in Vancouver, BC. She has been practicing since 2018 and works out of Ananta Wellness and Osteopathy.

Becky has an Athletic Therapy background and feels that the knowledge she has gained from studying osteopathy has helped her to feel more comfortable working with more chronic disease states as opposed to acute on field care.

Becky has special interests in the areas of digestive concerns, concussions, hormonal imbalances and pre/post natal care.

She enjoys working with her clients to get to the root cause of their symptoms and getting to be on that journey with them.

You can find Becky at

To find an osteopathic practitioner in your area, visit osteopathybc.ca/member-map

05/22/2024

Exciting News!

We are pleased to announce that OBC sponsored courses are now open to Osteopathic Practitioners affiliated with the Canadian Federation of Osteopaths (CFO)!

This means that members of the following associations are welcome to register for certain OBC sponsored webinars and in-person courses.

CFO-Affiliated Associations include:

- Alberta Association of Osteopathic Manual Therapists (AAOMT)
- Association of Osteopaths of New Brunswick (AONB)
- Manitoba Association of Osteopathic Manual Therapists (MAOMT)
-Newfoundland & Labrador Osteopathic Association (NLOA)
-Nova Scotia Association of Osteopaths (NSAO)
-Ontario Association of Osteopathic Manual Practitioners (OAO)
- Osteopathy Quebec (OQ)
- Saskatchewan Association of Osteopaths (SAO)
- Yukon Osteopathic Association (YOA)

Proof of membership with the above listed associations will be required prior to registering for OBC courses. Visit our website for additional details:

https://www.osteopathybc.ca/about-osteopathybc/obc-courses

We look forward to having osteopathic practitioners from across Canada join us in upcoming learning opportunities!

05/15/2024

Get to Know Your Osteo!

Introducing Christopher Lum, osteopathic practitioner and member of 🤲🏻OsteopathyBC.

🎓️Christopher graduated from the Canadian School of Osteopathy and has a background in Kinesiology.

He has completed additional training in Selective Functional Movement Assessment, PTSD and kinetic link training in addition to having volunteered at Vancouver College's Emerald Basketball Tournaments providing first aid coverage for their athletes.

🚴🏻‍♂️ Though Christopher enjoys treating all people, he has a particular interest in helping athletes return back to play and wants to continue to learn about the complexity of concussions.

He likes the holistic nature of how osteopathic practitioners treat, which considers all the contributing factors whether it's a musculoskeletal, fascial, visceral, circulatory, or nervous issue with the goal of helping people return to their lives.

He practices out of Ananta Wellness Osteopathy and at Hayer Health in Vancouver.

🏌🏼‍♂️In his spare time, Christopher like to play golf and hockey, and enjoys trying new restaurants in the city.

To find an osteopathic practitioner in your area, visit osteopathybc.ca/member-map

05/08/2024

We are excited to have Claudia Béland come to BC to lead an in-person course:
Endometriosis, Uterine Fibroids, PCOS and Fertility: an Integrative Osteopathic Approach

🗓️ Dates & Schedule:
May 24th from 5pm - 9pm
May 25th from 8:30am - 5:30pm
May 26th from 8am - 1pm

Location: In-person at West Coast College of Massage Therapy, 613 Columbia Street, New Westminster, BC

Instructor: Claudia Béland, Registered Nurse, Osteopathic Practitioner (Québec D.O.)

Course Description:
The objective of this course is to increase your knowledge of the natural and medically assisted process of fertility. Osteopathic and medical causes of fertility challenges will be presented, with a focus on endometriosis, uterine fibroids and polycystic ovarian syndrome which represents the most common cause of infertility in the USA. Osteopathic and integrative management will be presented. Assessment tools and osteopathic techniques will be discussed.

You will gain knowledge of other factors related to fertility: nutritional factors, weight, oocyte quality, recurrent implantation defects, inflammation, stress, emotional factors, environmental factors, etc.
This course includes a practical component, with demonstrations of techniques and supervised practice time.

Instructor Bio:
Passionate about the human body as a whole Claudia studied osteopathy and obtained her diploma in 2012 from the Collège d'Études Ostéopathiques de Montréal (CEO). She is a mother of two children, and has a keen interest in the field of obstetrics, gynecology, fertility, and women's health. She has taught in urogynecology and obstetrics at the CEO. She also teaches, with medical specialists and osteopathic practitioners, in a specialty program in uro-gynecology obstetrics, developed by Nathalie Camirand, DO (Qc), offered in France and Germany. In addition to collaborating with the associations, Endometriose Quebec and Vivre 100Fibromes, she co-created with a nutritionist, Céline Saloumi, an online support program for women with endometriosis in 2021.

📩 Members, please find your personalized REGISTRATION LINK in your inbox.

Sign up early as spaces are limited!

05/01/2024

📢 Reminder For OBC Board of Director Nominations!
Nomination packages are due in just a few days.

If you are passionate about advancing your profession, consider joining the OBC Board of Directors.

Nominations of Directors must be made in writing by any 2 OBC members in good standing. The nominee must be a member in good standing and must agree to the nomination.

Nominations may be submitted to the Secretary by no later than May 5, 2024.

OBC Board positions are nominated for a 1-year term.

If you feel you or any OBC member you know can contribute by serving on the Board of Directors, please review the nomination materials which were included in a recent member email, and fill out the nomination form and send it to info@osteopathybc.ca.

For more information, contact president@osteopathybc.ca

04/21/2024

WOHW Day 7: Part 2
Practice-Based Research Network: Working Together

Osteopathic research is also done in the context of networks of practitioners: The Practice-Based Research Network -PBRN design of ORION Project affords a broad focus essential to establishing a national, coordinated platform of evidence critical to informing further detailed, specific sub-studies in osteopathy.

Significantly, such coordinated platform evidence is also vital to contextualising and strengthening the impact of clinically-focused investigations, effectively helping bridge the gap between findings from clinical trials and other related designs and the realities of everyday routine care.

http://www.orion-arccim.com/pbrn-information/

04/21/2024

WOHW Day 7: Part 1
The use of PROMS: Collecting Information from Patients

How do we know that osteopathic care works? We ask the people! There are several surveys that are conducted in the osteopathic field.

Here are some of them:
The use of PROMs allows the collection of information directly from patients about the effects of osteopathic care by research organizations.

The survey allows the professionals to gather Information from the consumers on for example satisfaction, motivation for care, reasons for seeing an osteopathic practitioners etc. The results differ slightly from country to country, but there are more similarities than differences.

👍️ Throughout the surveys the satisfaction rates are very high.

To survey the different countries an OPERA study is used.
The Osteopathic Practitioners Estimates and Rates (OPERA) project is an internationally based census project dedicated to quantifying osteopathic professionals and obtaining an up-to-date scenario regarding osteopaths' geo-distribution, prevalence, incidence, and profile.

The survey has been completed in Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) and Austria.

04/21/2024

🫱🏾‍🫲🏻 🧑🏽‍⚕️👩🏼‍⚕️ Interprofessional collaboration is an important component of providing well rounded care for a variety of conditions and symptoms, and osteopathy can play an important role in collaborative care.

📑 According to a study that surveyed physicians, a referral for osteopathy was most appropriate for musculoskeletal pain and plagiocephaly.

Collaboration between physicians and osteopathic practitioners, including mutual referrals is becoming more common, though challenges exist in optimizing interprofesisonal collaboration.

👶🏼 In the pediatric population, common functional disorders, such as torticollis, are known to pose a significant challenge to conventional medicine and frequently require an interprofessional approach.

A survey administered in a study published in 2017 demonstrated that a high percentage of physicians in Quebec believe that osteopathy has a role in addressing musculoskeletal pain as well as torticollis and plagiocephaly.

The study recommends that efforts must be made to reinforce communication skills and opportunities between physicians and osteopathic practitioners and to provide physicians with easily accessible information about osteopathy.

Our website is a great resource to share with other healthcare practitioners to help them learn about osteopathy and how it can be part of an interdisciplinary approach to patient care.

Learn more at www.osteopathybc.ca

Reference:
Morin, C., Desrosiers, J. & Gaboury, I. Descriptive study of interprofessional collaboration between physicians and osteopaths for the pediatric population in Quebec, Canada. BMC Health Serv Res 17, 726 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2717-y

04/20/2024

WOHW Day 6: Practicing EBP: Promoting Evidence-Based Practice

Osteopathic educators and regulators support and promote evidence-based practice encouraging the study and use of best available evidence, clinical experience, and patient preferences to make informed patient-care decisions.

Regulators expect integration of EBP to osteopathic practice and to osteopathic healthcare. Practicing EBP is a core element of being a part of an interprofessional healthcare workforce, that includes all healthcare professionals.

Osteopathic students are trained to incorporate EBP into practice.

04/19/2024

WOHW Day 5: Providing Care for Elite Athletes: Future Research Initiatives ⛹🏾‍♀️🚴🏻‍♂️

As healthcare providers osteopathic professionals have contributed their clinical skills to athletes around the world for over a century.

This includes providing care across all levels from the elite athletes such as the Olympians and Para-Olympians to participants in local community sporting events.

📚️🔍️ Research is demonstrating improved function using manual therapy practiced and exercise advice given by osteopathic professionals.

Osteopathic professionals strive to optimize range of motion and functionality, aiming to enhance the athletic performance.

Being part of the athletic management team provides insight into the future initiatives into further interprofessional collaborative research.

04/19/2024

Osteopathic treatment may have positive effects not only on physical ailments but may also benefit common psychological distress that can co-exists with pain such as anxiety, fear avoidance, quality of life and general health status in populations living with persistent pain.

🫱🏻‍🫲🏽 Central to successful person-centered care is a multidisciplinary collaboration between mental health and musculoskeletal practitioners, such as osteopathic practitioners.

🤲🏼 🧠 Osteopathy combines hands-on manual approaches (using touch and manipulation) informed by osteopathic models of care with hands-off patient management approaches (using patient education, lifestyle advice, self-management solutions, and psychological support) informed by osteopathic principles, both utilizing top-down and bottom-up dynamics between peripheral tissues and the brain.

If you're looking for a whole person approach to care, you might want to book in with an osteopathic practitioner. Visit osteopathybc.ca for more information and to find a qualified osteopathic practitioner near you.

📚️ References:

Bohlen L. et al., (2021). Osteopathy and Mental Health: An Embodied, Predictive, and Interoceptive Framework, Frontiers in Psychology. 12

Saracutu, M. et al., (2018). The effects of osteopathic treatment on psychosocial factors in people with persistent pain: A systematic review,
International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine. 27, 23-33

04/18/2024

WOHW Day 4: Osteopathy for every person: for all ages and stages of life
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Osteopathic health care is for every person, for all ages and stages of life. This is being reflected in research being conducted in various areas.

Osteopathy aims to improve the person’s overall wellbeing, considering the biological, sociological, psychological and spiritual needs of people as part of their local communities as well as addressing health globally.

Osteopathic professionals provide care, input and advice across a range of sectors including advisory roles in the fields of government, international health, sports, education, rehabilitation, occupational health, safety and ergonomic design- not just individual health care.

Osteopathic practitioners and osteopathic physicians generally deliver multifactorial, complex interventions as a package of care. This fits with the growing demand from international health agendas.

04/18/2024

Research supports the benefits of applying interprofessional collaboration for improved patient outcomes.

🏃🏼‍♀️ Osteopathic manual therapy can provide many benefits, but did you know that combining exercise with osteopathy can be even more effective and provide better outcomes for disability, pain intensity, and perceived recovery?

Many osteopathic practitioners have a background in movement therapies. Some may have prior training in physiotherapy, kinesiology or as a yoga or pilates instructor or other forms of exercise.

Osteopathic practitioners working in multidisciplinary settings may have colleagues they can refer to for exercise guidance, and many practitioners work collaboratively to provide a broader spectrum of care to help you to meet your functional goals.

To find an Osteopathic Practitioner in your area, visit osteopathybc.ca/member-map

04/17/2024

WOHW Day 3: Research and Evidence-Based Practices

👩‍🎓 There are more and more osteopathic professionals pursuing academic degrees and involvement in research in the last ten years.

Students are growing into research and evidence-based practice as a vital part of their education as in all healthcare studies. This prepares the students into interprofessional working and research.

In the United States osteopathic physicians are easily involved in the academic research due to the nature of their education.

Outside the U.S. there are several PhD’s specifically as on osteopath but usually osteopaths pursue professionals specifically (UCO) PhDs in various specialties such as neurology, psychology, person centered care and so on.

04/17/2024

Osteopathy can play an important role in having an integrative approach to musculoskeletal pain management, for both acute and persistent pain.

Clinical guidelines support the use of non-pharmacological treatments, such as osteopathic manual therapy, in patients with non-specific musculoskeletal pain management and chronic pain, and for various other conditions.

The Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force Report recommends applying individualized patient-centered approach for pain management where a multidisciplinary approach is encouraged for chronic pain across various disciplines, including one or more treatment modalities, when clinically indicated to improve outcomes.

Make osteopathy part of your pain management team.
Learn more by visiting www.osteopathybc.ca

04/16/2024

WOHW Day 2: Collaboration Through Research: Introduction to COME Collaboration and SOLAR

COME Collaboration is a nonprofit foundation founded in 2014 looking to establish international multidisciplinary partnership to pursue grant funding, high quality research, clinical and healthcare support. COME collaboration believes that the knowledge shared through experiences and skills helps to have an independent thought creating hope and genuine solidarity.

https://www.comecollaboration.org/
https://youtu.be/SlbMBg9KbO8?si=Jq41VKKiHIS6thR1

SOLAR - Strengthening Osteopathic Leadership and Research is an International Leadership Capacity Building Project for Research in Osteopathy is group of researchers across the globe led by the Australian Research Center in Complementary & Integrative Medicine and sponsored by Osteopathy Australia(Aus), Osteopathic Foundation (UK), Osteopaths NewZealand (NZ), Unite Pour l’Osteopathie (Fr), and SvenskaOsteopatförbundet (Sw) with a vision to enhance and facilitate evidence -based osteopathy.

https://solar-arccim.com/

04/16/2024

WOHW Day 2: Collaboration through research: introduction to NCOR, DO-Touch.net⁠ and LBORC
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Today we would like to introduce to you several national and international organizations that produce, promote and disseminate research to underpin quality outcomes in evidence-based health care. ⁠
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The National Council for Osteopathic Research (NCOR) was established in 2003 to provide leadership and unity in osteopathic research development. NCOR aims to improve the osteopathic evidence base using different means including providing strategic leadership and collaboration, engagement and education, communication, development and sustainability.⁠
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https://ncor.org.uk/about/⁠
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DO-Touch.NET is a practice-based research network, launched in 2010, whose clinician members are dedicated to assessing the clinical usefulness of osteopathic manipulative medicine. Its mission is to evaluate and advance the practice of osteopathic manipulative medicine. Through a global network of clinicians, DO-Touch.NET aims to produce research that translates easily into practice.⁠
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https://www.do-touch.net/⁠

Louisa Burns Osteopathic Research Committee (LBORC) - LBORC is the primary committee dedicated to clinical research in the American Academy of Osteopathy. The committee strives to develop and support standards for the collection of data related to osteopathic manipulative medicine and its effect on health and disease.

https://www.academyofosteopathy.org/louisa-burns-osteopathic-research-committee

We've got one more post coming up this afternoon on additional international osteopathic organizations that promote research.

04/15/2024

🌎️🤲🏽 Happy World Osteopathic Healthcare Week!

This week, we are celebrating our profession with the theme of Research and Inter-professional Collaboration 🫱🏽‍🫲🏻

We would love to know how you are celebrating osteopathy, and if you are a practitioner, please share a bit about what you love about the profession. If you are someone who receives osteopathic treatment, let us know how it has benefited you in the comments below 🙂.

Please share our posts to your stories and don't forget to use the and Tag !

For more information, visit www.osteopathybc.ca

04/15/2024

Osteopathic Profession: Supporting and Embracing Science for Centuries

From the beginning the osteopathic professionals were curious to get a deeper understanding how manual therapy affects the human physiology and how that translated to peoples’ health and their perceptions of pain and discomfort. This is how the research culture became imbedded in the osteopathic community.

The Journal of Osteopathic Medicine (JOM) was founded in September 1901 and known for 119 years as The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. It is the premier scholarly, peer-reviewed publication of the osteopathic medical profession. Its mission is to serve as an international forum for disseminating scientific literature incorporating an integrative, comprehensive, patient-centered approach to clinical care and improving health.

https://jom.osteopathic.org/

04/10/2024

🗓️ SAVE THE DATE FOR THE OBC AGM: SUNDAY MAY 26, 2024

⌚️ 2:00PM-6:00PM

💻️ 🫱🏻‍🫲🏽 OsteopathyBC will be holding this year's AGM at the West Coast College of Massage Therapy, 613 Columbia St., New Westminster following an in-person course (stay tuned for details).

🔗 A virtual link will be made available to all members who cannot attend in person.

Please plan to attend if you can as this is an opportunity to meet the board of directors and colleagues and to learn about the work the board has been doing over the past year, and to contribute your voice. Attendees are invited to share refreshments with the board and fellow members following the meeting.

📩 Members, check your inbox for details, we hope to see you there!

04/03/2024

🌎️ World Osteopathic Healthcare Week is just around the corner!

From April 15-21, we will be coming together across the global community of osteopaths and osteopathic practitioners alike to celebrate our shared philosophy of mind-body-spirit care.
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We would love to know what you'll be doing to celebrate and promote our profession this year so please make sure to tag in your posts!

03/27/2024

OsteopathyBC is a professional association of Osteopathic Practitioners, who work to maintain and promote the highest standard of osteopathic healthcare in British Columbia.

We have been raising awareness and promoting Osteopathy in BC since 2005. OsteopathyBC is a member of both the Canadian Federation of Osteopaths (CFO) and the Osteopathic International Alliance (OIA).

Registered with the province of British Columbia as the “Society for the Promotion of Manual Practice Osteopathy”, and operating as “OsteopathyBC”, we serve our members and protect the public by ensuring the practice of manual osteopathy in BC is aligned with the highest standards of osteopathic health care in Canada and Internationally.

For more information, please visit www.osteopathybc.ca

03/20/2024

New Website Launch!

Have you visited our freshly updated website yet?

www.osteopathybc.ca is where you will find information about all things Osteopathy in British Columbia including:

- An Osteopathic Practitioner Directory
-FAQ's about osteopathy
-Information about choosing an osteopathic school
-Information about national standards

03/13/2024

📢 We would like you to meet Sumen Singla-Goyal, who has been one of our directors since 2016! Sumen is also part of our Promotions and Communications Committee.

🫱🏽‍🫲🏻 One of the things Sumen enjoys most about being a Board member is being part of the progress in helping to grow and highlight our profession and working with a group of committed practitioners who want to share their passion for osteopathy with the public.

🤲🏾 🌱 As an Osteopathic Practitioner, Sumen appreciates being able to witness the true beauty of nature, by seeing beyond pain and dysfunction.

👏 We appreciate having Sumen on the Board and thank her for her contributions over the past several years.

03/06/2024

It's that time of year again!

🔈️ OBC Memberships are up for renewals and are due March 31st. Members can find their personalized link to renew online in their inbox.

Thank you to our members for being valued members of OsteopathyBC.

There are several benefits to being a member of OsteopathyBC, including:

- Protecting your interests by supporting your professional association. OsteopathyBC lobbies to gain rights for osteopathic practitioners and promote the profession in the media.

- Staying in touch with important issues around osteopathy and with your community.

- Gaining exposure through our online directory and listing of Osteopathic Practitioners in BC.

- Saving money by receiving marketing and promotional materials to help grow your practice.

- Gaining public awareness through our advertising brochures and hand-outs that you can share on social media, give as online content, and offer to your clients.

- Advancing your career through our listing of job opportunities, educational trainings, and events.

- Expanding your relationship with insurance providers.

- Being part of an osteopathic community

For more information on the benefits of being an OBC member, please visit our website www.osteopathybc.ca

02/28/2024

💻️ We are looking forward to having Monica Noy return to instruct our upcoming webinar: Making A Pain Assessment

🗓️ Date: March 9, 2024
⌚️ Time: 9-11am PST
🖥️ Location: Online
✅️ Recording Available: yes

About the Course:
This webinar is an introduction to the International Association for the Study of Pain terminology - specifically the categorized pain types. However, in this webinar we will discuss the difference between type of pain and possible mechanisms leading to pain. Discussion will include different characteristics of each mechanism in order to make an assessment, from which treatment options can be clinically reasoned.

You will also learn:

-Assessment strategies for patients with pain
-Clinical reasoning skills
*Please bring a case study for discussion.

About the Instructor:
Monica wears a number of hats. She is an osteopathic manual practitioner, teacher, course developer, researcher, and board member. She is passionate about helping to further
osteopathic education and helping to gain standards, competencies, and recognition and regulation for the profession.

We hope you'll join us for this informative webinar, members can find registration information in our recent newsletter or through the member's portal on our website.

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🌎️🤲🏽 Happy World Osteopathic Healthcare Week! This week, we are celebrating our profession with the theme of Research and Inter-professional Collaboration 🫱🏽‍🫲🏻 We would love to know how you are celebrating osteopathy, and if you are a practitioner, please share a bit about what you love about the profession. If you are someone who receives osteopathic treatment, let us know how it has benefited you in the comments below 🙂. Please share our posts to your stories and don't forget to use the #WOHW2024 and Tag @osteopathy_bc! For more information, visit www.osteopathybc.ca

Osteopathy is a safe and effective patient centred manual therapy which works in combination with the individuals own homeostatic mechanisms to help restore balance and optimal health. It works with the understanding that the way the body is able to function is inseparable from the way it is structured. All aspects of the body must work together to maintain health and the osteopathic approach is able to address the person as a whole to improve not only structure and therefore function but overall health and wellbeing. Osteopathic Practitioners support the body’s ability to restore and maintain health by using skilled palpation and manual techniques to influence muscles, joints, nerves, connective tissue, circulation and internal organs. Give osteopathy a go! 📍Find a practitioner in your area by visiting www.osteopathybc.ca/member-map or tap on the link in our bio.