Get to know Emily!
Emily Rose
Emily has always been fascinated with human anatomy. After being introduced to osteopathy and its gentle and natural nature, she knew this field was for her. She has been studying at the Montreal Academy of Osteopathy for the past 4 years and will be presenting her thesis on how osteopathy can help with the symptoms of menopause to earn her D.O.
Having had teachers from France and Montreal at the academy, Emily was able to learn osteopathy from 2 different cultures. She has learnt different approaches such as postural and psychosomatic as well as typical osteopathic approaches like biomechanics and visceral. She enjoys using all her academic tools to figure out your pain’s blueprint.
What is osteopathy?
Osteopathy, also known as the osteopathic approach is a manual therapy discipline. Its main goal is to help restore the human body’s natural equilibrium and harmony. Osteopathy is a discipline based on the anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics of the human body. The client is intervened with a global approach, so rather than simply to intervene the symptom the body is to intervene as a whole entity. Clients of all ages can benefit from osteopathy.
The osteopath, with the use of different techniques, will intervene the body on many different levels such as articular, visceral, cranial and fascial. This approach differentiates itself from others because it is aimed at discovering the cause of the problem rather than simply focusing on the symptoms. The key is to keep the different structures of the human body mobile. A loss in mobility causes functional as well as circulatory and/or nervous limitations. This loss of mobility can cause repercussions locally and possibly distally by forcing the body to compensate in other areas in order to maintain its equilibrium.
The osteopath’s job, therefore, is to make sure that the different elements of the body remain mobile in order to allow the body to function properly and remain healthy.
