Ottawa Family Osteopathy Familiale Ottawa

06/07/2018

Just received these pictures from the Escuela de Osteopatia de Barcelona, taken this April while I was teaching my post-grad course on Spondylolisthesis and their impacts on childbirth. What a special experience to share this time and knowledge with colleagues from across the Ocean.
Moltes gracies a tots y totas... Os agradesco vuestro interés! Merci de votre intérêt!

05/29/2018

Once again had a fantastic time teaching Ottawa University medical students about osteopathy in the context of their 4 days of courses on complimentary medicine. They are open minded, curious and bright! As the program coordinator pointed out, with the opioid crisis, current medical guidelines are for doctors to refer patients with musculo skeletal pain to manual therapists before turning to narcotics and pain killers, so they really need to be exposed more to these complimentary professions to know what each does and to whom a patient should be referred to. Half a day on manual therapies is all they currently get... but its a start. They were tremendously grateful. Great exchanges! Congrats to Dr. Adrienne Junek, coordinator of this course. She assembled a fantastic group of manual therapists and spoke of their importance within the medical system with tremendous respect and humility... Look forward to this again next year!

03/17/2018

Really great scientific article written by two dentists explaining the importance of Osteopatic cranial treatment to orthodontic care.

Full-text (PDF) | James, G.A., Strokon, D., “The Significance of Cranial Factors in Diagnosis and Treatment with the Advanced Lightwire Appliance,” Int. Journal of Orthodontics, 14: 3, pgs. 17-23, 2003.

03/06/2018

A man I treated last week with severe headaches, feels better now after I released tensions between the bones of the face associated to intense orthodontic work when he was a teenager... this article I wrote a while back is still so pertinent...

Many people think that teen braces are inevitable, but osteopaths have know for years that this is not always the case... Teeth alignment and osteopathy Years a...

02/15/2018

This little one came to me this week because of a progressively flattening zone of the back of his head (plagiocephaly). We worked on his cranial bone alignment and tensions of the membranes they are attached to. My sense is that those tensions were also compressing the vagus nerve coming out of the cranium and contributing to a strong regurgitation issue. He particularly enjoyed and released his neck tensions when we briefly and gently worked in his head down birthing position:)

01/29/2018

A warm thank you to AnneJulie Morand DO who invited me to teach a bloc on Sondylolisthesis and their impact on childbirth during her post-grad course in Obstetrics for Osteopaths at the CEO in Montreal last weekend!

Merci Anne-Julie... et quelle magnifique enseignante tu es... une inspiration!

01/19/2018

I am so happy to share this! The Escuela de Osteopatia de Barcelona has invited me to give a course this April in Barcelona on Spondylolisthesis and on its impacts on birthing. I am so very pleased to be able to help care improve for people with this condition... If there are enough English participants wanting a piece of Barcelona in the Spring ;) the course will be given in English and Spanish. So please come join us!!!

01/12/2018

Superb visualisation of a Specific Adjustment Technique (SAT) in slow motion by Pau Dalmau, Founder of the Escola d'Osteopatia de Barcelona and teacher of the SAT course in Holland last December. Notice the wave travelling through the entire spine, which works to release the full spinal impact of whiplash injuries. Beautiful!

01/11/2018

More from translating at Panta Rhei Netherland

01/11/2018

Amazing time translating the SAT post grad course in Holland at the Panta Rhei post grad course for osteopathy run by René Zweedijk. What a great group of people to be with just before Christmas!

01/11/2018

Amazing time translating the SAT post grad course in Holland at the Panta Rhei post grad School for osteopathy run by René Zweedijk. What a great group of people to be with just before Christmas!

11/10/2017

I had the honor of spending part of yesterday with an impressive group of new immigrants to Canada, all health care professionals (doctors, nurses and radiologists etc...) who's credentials are not recognized in Canada. It is in the context of training courses called FLAP and PASS which aims to help them reorient their professional lives that I was invited to share a bit about osteopathy. The exchanges that took place were deeply gratifying for us all... Thank you to Raymond Perras, the trainer, for his deep involvement and generosity.

J'ai eu l'honneur hier de passer une partie de journée avec un groupe impressionnant de nouveaux arrivants au Canada qui sont toutes des professionnelles de la santé (médecins, infirmières, radiologues etc...) dont les aquis ne sont pas reconnus. C'Est dans le cadre des cours de FLAP et PASS qui vise à les aider à se réorienter professionnellement, que j'ai été invitée à partager ce qu'est l'ostéopathie. Des échanges forts fascinants dans tous les sens! Un merci chalheureux à Raymond Perras, le formateur, pour sa profonde implication et générosité dans son enseignement.

Que plazer de pasar un parte de dia compartiendo sobre osteopatia con este grupo de medicos, enfermeras y radiologos que acaband de llegar a Canada. Gracias a todas!