Tag: stress reduction
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What is the Difference Between Osteopathy and Physiotherapy
If I mention osteopathy to someone in Coquitlam, a common reply is: “What’s that?”“Osty-what?”or“Is that like a chiropractor or physiotherapist?” It’s a great question. Here in Canada, physiotherapy is very well known and fully regulated, while manual osteopathy is still a growing and lesser-known form of hands-on therapy. Yet osteopathy has actually been around longer…
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Osteopathy as a Stress Relief Technique
Firstly, can osteopathy reduce stress? Absolutely it can. Of course, from one person to another there isn’t one single cause of stress. How a stressful situation and tension lands in me differs from how other people might experience that same occurrence. Some of us have very strong emotional responses that sends the body into emergency…
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Healing Through Breathing: My Journey with Osteopathy
How a Back Injury Damaged My Breathing and Entire Health for Over a Year In 2023 I had the unenviable experience of picking up a light dumbbell at home and having what honestly felt like an 11 out of 10 on the pain scale shoot through my lower back. Dropping to the floor as hot…
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How Manual Osteopathy Can Help Patients With Physical Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Stress, Depression and Anxiety
It is estimated by Statistics Canada that 8% of the population in Canada today suffer from some form of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and they believe this number could now be as high as 21% post-pandemic. In a recent poll, the Provincial Health Services Authority states that 25% of the Canadian population reported feeling mild…