When your car is broken you visit a mechanic. By Eleanor Andrews Let’s consider the example of a car or bicycle wheel. The circular shape of the wheel enables it to move freely and facilitates the movement of the car or bike on the surface it’s on. If the wheel were square instead of circular,…
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All I need is the air that I breathe.
The breath of life. By Eleanor Andrews When we speak of anatomy, one of the critical organs that comes to mind is the lungs. The lungs play a vital role in the respiratory system by facilitating the exchange of gases, ensuring that we take in oxygen and eliminate carbon dioxide. For this process to work…
Osteopathy is not a treatment modality
“What is different about osteopathic treatment?” Osteopaths are often confused with other MSK professionals because they use the body to administer treatment. But, the reality is that treatment is only a tiny part of the osteopathic process. Osteopaths do not see a patient with an injury. They see (as examples):An animal in pain. An animal…
What should I expect from a Functional Osteopath who treats animals?
Functional Osteopaths take into consideration the following factors when initially evaluating a case: Presenting picture – signs and symptoms. Mechanism of injury (what caused the problem in the first place). The animal’s medical history (past and present). The animal’s environment (what is usual and any reported changes). This also includes relationships, training styles, loss of…
Functional Osteopathy for Animals
What is Functional Osteopathy? Osteopathy for animals is a highly integrated form of manual medicine for animals. which is founded on a solid understanding of functional medicine and osteopathic concepts and principles. It identifies the impact of both intrinsic and extrinsic factors on an animal’s health and utilises a clinical process of elimination and osteopathic…
Sometimes it’s about knowing what not to do…
Life as an Equine Functional Osteopathic Practitioner is both varied and colourful; and it is this which draws people to the profession. But, why exactly do people choose osteopathy over other types of therapeutic studies? Osteopathy is a unique system of assessing, evaluating, treating and managing (global and local) health issues that affect a horse…
What is Functional Osteopathy?
What is functional osteopathy? By Dustie Houchin MBA, MPAO, SPOP, BSc.Hons Ost, PGCHE. Osteopathy (for humans and animals) is often misunderstood because the word Osteopathy is less commonplace than the word Physiotherapy – although there are significant academic and clinical cross-overs in training and practice. Additionally, few realise that osteopaths (for humans) are Allied Healthcare…
What is Osteopathy?
What is Osteopathy? Today, I was asked to help a student, (who is trying to decide if he should become an osteopath. He asked, “What do osteopaths really do differently…? When I read my message back to Eleanor, she said I should share it with our community, as many of you are not osteopaths and…
Level Two Pathway Explained
Let’s talk about Level Two 14 modules make up the Level Two pathway and commencements must be preceded be either an AOI conversion course or a professional qualification in animal osteopathy. Modules 1-7 typically take a year to complete part-time and Modules 8-14 the same. Osteopathy is a comprehensive system of healthcare that encompasses the…
Last chance to join Canine Level 1
This course is the fundamental building block of all our practitioner level canine programmes and aims to offer practitioners a robust baseline knowledge from which to grow as a canine therapist. Successful completion and comprehension of the content will give practitioners all they need to enter our Level II canine courses with confidence. Open to…
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