Polaris Osteopathy

Polaris Osteopathy Osteopathic Manual Therapy is a hands-on therapy that focuses on upbuilding a person’s health through gentle manipulations.

Located on Manitoulin Island, Polaris Osteopathy provides quality care for Little Current and surrounding areas of the island.

Hello everyone! As many of you are aware, my journey to osteopathy began in deep study of the movement arts, dance and y...
03/01/2023

Hello everyone!

As many of you are aware, my journey to osteopathy began in deep study of the movement arts, dance and yoga. These practices are still alive in me, and I am happy to announce that I will be joining three other movement facilitators to offer Movement Mondays! Starting this March, together with Ann Cummings, Candice Irwin, and Sophie Pheasant, we will be offering a variety of movement classes and events on Monday evenings at the Little Current United Church.
The class I will be leading is ‘Somatic Yoga’. This class will be therapeutic in nature, providing you with ways to move ease-fully while increasing mobility and strength. This will be a gentle class, designed to calm the nervous system. I will bring in some basic anatomy and self treatment tools to aid our process and bring in an osteopathic lens.

Movement is life ~ down to the cellular level. I invite you to come move with us!

- Lesley

Pain is a simple term to describe a complex reality. Pain consists of anatomical, physiological, and psychological proce...
06/28/2022

Pain is a simple term to describe a complex reality. Pain consists of anatomical, physiological, and psychological processes, which makes it difficult to measure, and often difficult to treat. We commonly understand that persistent pain significantly impacts quality of life - pain acts like loud noise that the body constantly needs to buffer, filter, process, and respond to.

Pain is incredibly exhausting 🥀

Any reduction of pain helps us flourish 🌸

Anatomically, we have a few types of pain receptors, or nociceptors, that respond to different types of stimuli:

✨ Mechanical - respond to pressure, stretch, pinch
✨ Chemical - respond to inflammation
✨ Thermal - respond to heat

Mechanical stimuli are altered with anatomical asymmetries and fixations, which is what osteopathy aims to treat. Restoring mobility and balance to the person in turn reduces the amount of input to the central nervous system, calming the amount of noise and chatter that the CNS has to process. This is an energy saving process, giving life back to the individual for everyday functioning.

Osteopathy can also affect the chemical balance within the body, as any stagnant blood creates an acidic environment - changing its chemical makeup. A chemically acidic environment for our nerves is an unhealthy environment for our nerves. Freeing anatomical obstructions allows blood to flow 🌊 and blood flowing means less fluid stagnation.

Less fluid stagnation = Less aggravated nerves = Noise reduction to the CNS = Less pain = Increased quality of life = Healthy Body/ Mind/ Spirit

You can’t go wrong with that.

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52 Meredith Street East
Little Current, ON
P0P1K0

Opening Hours

Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 4pm

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