05/07/2023
Many people have asked “What do you do? I haven’t heard of Osteopathy before.”, and it can be complicated as there is an entire philosophy that connects the Science to the treatment. Initially we learned the following ideas to help us wrap our head around the fact that the body is designed to heal itself. It can do so very effectively, assuming the constitution and vitality of the individual is strong. As the person lives their life they ask a lot from their bodies to succeed in achieving their goals, but often it is done in a way that the body was not designed for. This can create a problem for the body and its natural ability to heal or maintain its function. With this in mind, the Osteopathic Manual Practitioner can aid in readjusting the indivual’s structure to their most optimal functional state, getting the body back on track to continue healing on the right path. So what we really are is “facilitators of health” with an understanding that a well structured body is a functional one, and a functional one can heal.
