By treating the body as a whole, imprinted traumas and compensations are released resulting in realignment of structure, improvement in digestion, lymphatic drainage, circulation, respiration, and metabolism. The goal of Manual Osteopathy is to relieve pain, improve mobility and to support and stimulate the body's ability to heal.

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Manual Osteopathic Practitioners use a wide variety of specialized techniques to treat the whole person. These include craniosacral therapy, soft tissue and myofascial release, strain/counterstrain, muscle energy techniques, low amplitude manipulations, visceral and cranial releases, fascial unwinding, and mobilization. Osteopathic Practitioners use a highly trained sense of touch and palpation to assess imbalances or dysfunctions in the body and facilitate the required techniques as appropriate for each individual.

 

Manual Osteopathy focuses on looking for and treating the root cause of the problem instead of just addressing the immediate symptoms.

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Craniosacral therapy uses gentle palpation skills to assess your body’s ability to move cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) throughout your body. Produced within the cranium, CSF bathes and nourishes the brain and spinal cord and is imperative to all of the nerve and fascial functions within the body. Everyone has a craniosacral rhythm the entire body responds to, similar to a heart or respiratory rhythm. Osteopathic Practitioners use palpation skills to feel for a lack of movement of this rhythm and flow of cerebral spinal fluid. Gentle techniques are then used to re-balance the rhythms and remove restrictions throughout the membranes within the skull, spinal column, sacrum and the body’s diaphragms.