Elevate Osteopathy

12/29/2025

11/26/2025

Hey everyone!

I have some big (personal) news to share, and an update.

I’m getting a puppy! She’ll be coming home on December 21st, 2025. I am overjoyed. I originally had planned to bring her home next summer but, some Higher Power had a different idea and she’ll be coming home for the Holidays instead😇 

Please note I’ll be away from the office from December 23rd to the 27th to help her integrate into her new home.

** For anyone wanting to book throughout the holidays, please add yourself to the waitlist as I anticipate my schedule will be fluid to accommodate my new puppy. Afterwards, for the next little while, I’ll have to stagger my work hours to accommodate her potty training.**

Unfortunately, this will delay my start at 22 Wellness to the end of January/beginning of February; until such time as I can find alternative arrangements.

Thank you in advance for your understanding and grace as I sort this all out.

Finally, may I officially introduce you to the future Elevate Osteopathy therapy dog/mascot🤩 I don’t yet know which one she is (see photo carousel) but, feel free to drop your guesses in the comments below or vote on the poll in my stories☺️

11/01/2025

Winnipeg clients!

I am excited to announce I’ll be heading back to 22 Wellness in the New Year to cover Hannah’s maternity leave!

Hannah reached out to me recently with the opportunity and I was happy to help her out. I’m excited to reconnect with my wellness family at 22 Wellness and to be able to offer my services in the city (453 Pembina Hwy). 

Please help me share the news with your friends and family and let them know I am happily still accepting new clients. 

I will be there from January to June 2026 and will be available Tuesdays from 2:30PM - 8:00PM. The online scheduling system is up and running so feel free to book yourself in!

I can’t wait to reconnect with you all, and I look forward to meeting new faces as well :)

For my IDC clients - do not worry! I am not going anywhere. I will continue to be available Wednesdays - Saturday with my same hours.

10/01/2024

Find the health

Within the hardness of bony compactions
Within the chaos of emotions
Within the stories of the ego
Within the vastness of the energetic field
Within the agitation of the electromagnetic field

Find the health

Within the degeneration of health
Within the signature of disease
Within the imprint of trauma

Find the health

No matter how difficult it may seem
Or how small I might appear
I am here

I am the alignment that supports the Body
The mobility that propels the Body forward
The vitality that gives the Body life
And the essence of the Being
I am the health of the Body

Come and find me

12/25/2023

There’s a magical moment in Osteopathy that we call the still point. It’s a beautiful moment suspended in time and space where the body accepts the change we’ve proposed to the tissues, surrendering any and all resistance, tension, and inertia it previously had so that it can reset and rebalance itself, before the health and vitality returns.

It can last seconds or even minutes. As therapists there’s no way of knowing how long it will take. All we can do is sit silently, watching and waiting as we honour this process in the body, hoping that when the physiology comes back to life it’ll be better than it was before.

This holiday season I wish everyone the gift and the gentleness of the still point. Whether that’s celebrating a specific holiday, the joy of sharing & receiving gifts, the connection of family & friends, or the quiet solitude needed to cope with whatever heavy feelings may be coming up💛✨

I hope you find your still point.

Because the real beauty of the still point isn’t that magical effects it produces but rather that it can always be found, even in the areas of great pain, darkness, tension, and pressure; and that sometimes it can only be achieved with a little friendly help😊

09/07/2023

The patient’s overall alignment looked good except for the impression that the body had a distinct global pattern that correlates with them sleeping on their stomach.

Further assessment revealed this patient had a memory imprint in their body (I suspected they had multiple) and a global sensorial feeling of electricity & vibration that I associated with anxiety.

I decided to do a shock imprint technique (invented by Phillipe Druelle). I personally really love this technique and it’s one of my go-to tools, especially for the first visit. I tend to attract patients with mental or emotionally-rooted problems and I find that the technique helps ground the person, “reset” their nervous system and is an easy/non-threatening way to build rapport and trust.

What surprised me was the electrical sensation I felt during the assessment was still present but was now moving randomly and chaotically throughout the whole body! It had the effect of random christmas lights blinking, out of sync, on a house. This didn’t correlate to the patient’s sleeping posture but another piece of information I happened to gather in my medical history - a physical altercation that occured decades before.

My impression is that the body hadn’t yet processed the event and so was firing nervous signals chaotically throughout the body which explained the patient’s unsual pain patterns.

08/14/2023

This patient had a fascinating history and story; one that initially had me scratching my head, and then later, silently chuckling at the inter-connections…

This patient came to see me for ‘crazy’ idiopathic, left-upper quadrant abdominal pain that would ‘move around’. Sometimes the pain would radiate along their left ribcage to the mid-back, sometimes it would cause electric-shock sensations to the teeth and jawbone, sometimes they experienced random aches to the neck, face, knees, and legs.

The symptoms began around two years ago with no significant event or trauma to correlate it too. The patient has under-gone numerous medical testing (bloodwork, ECK, colonoscopy) and imaging (MRI, CT) with no significant findings. Through this on-going investigation, the patient has been to their GP, the hospital, and specialists, none of which have come up a conclusive diagnosis.

The patient noted that the pain ‘comes and goes’ and during a flare-up can experience pain down the left arm/face, a ‘smooshing’ pressure to the left side of the face, difficulty urinating, and difficulty eliminating. After my enquiring, the patient confirms they do not have pain after eating however the random pains do seem to occur following a meal.

As for treatment, the patient has made changes to their diet to eliminate fast foods and incorporate more fiber and fruits, along with increasing their exercise. These appeared to help with some of the elimination issues but mostly the patient said they’ve ‘learned to live with it.’

Part 2 to come…

08/12/2023

A patient recently brought up the mindset that ‘it’s going to get worse before it gets better’ to describe some sensations they experienced following their last treatment.

Their statement reminded me how much I dislike this narrative. I’ve learned how powerful our words are, and I find this statement very limiting. It doesn’t allow room for the possibility that healing can occur without pain, and that it can be resolved quickly and easily.

I think it’s more appropriate to say that healing can be uncomfortable. It requires us to face old injuries (be it mental, emotional or physical), process them, and integrate them into our body. The reality is sometimes our bodies struggle to integrate those changes, and that is where it can feel as though the progress is ‘getting worse before it gets better.’

I believe as a manual therapist it’s important to be open to this feedback. ‘Good, bad, or ugly’ I want to know how my patient is responding to my treatment so, if need be, I can educate them or adjust my approach to better support their journey.

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07/24/2023

When I think of physiotherapy, my mind immediately associates the word ‘rehabilitation’ with it. Whether that be from an acute or chronic condition, physiotherapists excel at rehabilitating dysfunction or preventing injury in the body with movement and exercises. This makes them especially valubale in sport and hospital settings. 

Physiotherapist uses a wide rande of techniques and external tools to promote healing in the body. This can include: soft tissue techniques, structural manipulations, hydrotherapy (hot/cold applications), TENS machine, ultrasound, acupuncture, traction devices, kinesiotaping, stretch and strengthing exercises, and more!

When to include Osteopathy?

1) therapists - if your techniques and treatments aren’t working or the body is not responding and healing in the way you know it should, consider referring out. There’s likely something deeper going on.

2) patients - if you’re not getting the results you want from your treatment plan or if the results are short-lived it’s time to consider an additional therapy.

will not only look at the injury, condition, or area of concern it will also assess and treat the global body and its impact on the area that’s dysfunctional. As I’ve said before - ‘it’s not about the symptom, it’s about the patient.’

Osteopathy will also integrate other dysfunctions and systems that may be impeding the progress making it a perfect adjunct to physiotherapy😀

07/03/2023

Chiropractic is well known for it’s ability to help spinal conditions, headaches, whiplash, and other boney isssues. When a patient has neck or back pain, they usually go to the chiropractor first.

If they’re comfortable being manipulated.

It seems the public has extreme opposing views towards chiropractic; you either love it or fear it, and I respect both perspectives. I believe chiropractic is great tool to incorporate into your wellness plan if you’re comfortable with manipulations, tend to have a lot of joint pain, stiffness, or love deep-tissue massages. Chiropractic is a great option to help maintain your body and should be included alongside other modalites.

When to include Osteopathy?

1) therapists - if you’re having a lot of difficulty adjusting the body, if there’s a lot of tension/guarding in the body, if the joints still feel stiff/dry after being adjusted, if the same dysfunctions keep re-appearing or don’t seem to be resolved after a few visits, if the patient is having a lot of functional issues (i.e., mental health, digestive, elimination, urinary, gynaecological, immune issues), it might be time to refer out.

2) patients - if you’re not getting the results you want from your treatment plan or if the results are short-lived it’s time to consider an additional therapy.

I love when my patients incorporate chiropractic into their treatment plan however, just because a patient sees a chiropractor does not necessarily mean I will avoid doing any spinal work or manipulations on them. It’s just not going to be my first priority🙂

Boney dysfunction can come from a lot of different places: soft tissue or fascial patterns (can include emotional patterns), trauma, fluidic (joint health, CSF circulation and vitality), energetic & inertia strains, and visceral (organ) tension & dysfunction.

06/26/2023

Massage therapy is great for soft tissue dysfunction/injuries, mental health/relaxation, and fluidic issues (i.e., lymphedema, post-op, mastitis). While rarely talked about, I also believe it’s great for compassionate care, building emotional connection between two people (i.e., Mom/baby, spouse/partners) and a great introduction for kids and teenagers to receive healthy physical touch, to connect with their bodies, and begin to understand self-care.

The great thing about a patient who’s receiving regular massages is that their bodies tend to be much more receptive to manual techniques.

When to include Osteopathy?

1) therapists - if your techniques and treatments aren’t working and you know they should. Refer out. There’s something deeper going on.

2) patients - if you’re not getting the results you want from your treatment plan or if the results are short-lived it’s time to consider an additional therapy.

When I receive a patient who’s been referred by an RMT, generally speaking, I know the problem isn’t in the soft tissues. These patients have a tendency to require some structural (joint) work, cranial osteopathy and/or visceral techniques to resolve their issues.

Massage & work well together because massage preps the body and allows the osteopathic manual therapist to look deeper. Osteopathic manual therapists will investigate the whole body to discover and treat the root problem. Once that’s been addressed, massage can help maintain the changes.

06/14/2023

This patient came to see me for chronic lower back pain that stemmed from an injury that occurred while working out. A few hours later they experienced an incontinence event that caused them to go to the hospital where they were diagnosed with bulged discs at L4, L5, and S1.

A physician referred the patient for chiropractic and physiotherapy treatment. The chiropractic treatment made it worse, and the physiotherapy treatment (including some pelvic floor) reduced the pain by 55%.

**special considerations** This patient also has a history of multiple, severe, mental and physical traumas. Out of respect and anonymity for this patient, I will not be sharing the nature of the traumas.💛

The 1st part of the treatment I worked on their p***c bone which included a deep emotional & energetic imprint related to a previous trauma. It was here that I perceived the root of the incontinence was actually the body’s attempt to rid (eliminate or void) itself of the trauma. (Pretty clever hey?!😀). It took the full 60 mins. to sort through the layers of dysfunction and integrate it all back together (pelvis, bladder and lower back) but by the end, the pelvis was level and symmetrical again🥳

We decided to extend the treatment so I could address the patient’s bulged discs. I treated a 2nd energetic imprint in the patient’s innominate, L4 (physical and energetic), L5, and S1, as well as the corresponding discs.

By this point the body was (rightfully!) fatigued and so to integrate everything I had the patient do some basic yoga stretches/movement.

This session was the equivalent of 2 treatments in 1! I rarely do this much work in one session however, there was circumstances outside of our control that required this level of commitment and I knew the patient and Body would have no difficulty integrating the changes from this treatment😊

After the treatment, even though the patient had some mild, local stiffness in their back (which is normal given this treatment), they did feel a sense of relief they hadn’t experienced before and, a new outlook on life✨ a fresh start and a healed body for the next chapter of their life😊🌈