Restoring your body’s freedom to move.
Chronic
Pain Care
Healing
Injury & Strain
Muscle & Joint Mobility
Manual Osteopathy is about more than pain release—it's about re-calibrating your body's structure and systems.
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Manual Osteopathy focuses on the full body and how all of your joints, muscles, ligaments, organs and tissues connect and interact with each other.
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By working deep into the systems that make up your body, osteopathy addresses the cause of your pain (not just the symptoms).
HOW MANUAL OSTEOPATHY WORKS
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All of the tissues in your body are nourished by fluids, nutrients and neurological exchanges that flow through your blood vessels, lymphatics, and autonomic nervous system.
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When your body structure changes, from an injury or repetitive posture, tissues become restricted. Sort of like a kink in a garden hose, this constraint will deprive your tissues of the essential nourishment they need. Your nervous system will become irritated and pain signals will start to travel through your tissues, joints, and muscles.
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​By working comprehensively with the systems that make up your body, osteopathy addresses the cause of dysfunction—as well as the cascade of interactions and symptoms.
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WHY CHOOSE MANUAL OSTEOPATHY?
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Manual Osteopathy does focus on acute pain and discomfort, and it also lends itself to aiming for the alleviation of symptoms. It delves into addressing the underlying cause of discomfort, aiming for sustained, long-term relief.
Manual Osteopaths practice with a deep curiosity, and we focus our time and attention on the connections that flow to and from the muscle tissue (like joints, bones, and blood vessels).
In our practice, we prioritize advocating for our patients, offering guidance, and establishing collaborative partnerships. Our approach involves tailoring individualized treatment plans that not only address immediate concerns but also yield measurable and enduring outcomes.
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WHAT TO EXPECT
Manual Osteopathy is a gentle, hands-on approach that releases tensions deep in the body to relieve pain and dysfunction and improve whole-body health and performance. Practitioners ease restrictions in the soft tissues that surround the central nervous system.
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Manual Osteopathy includes Craniosacral Osteopathy (Nervous System), Visceral Therapy (Organs), Myofascial Release (Connective Tissues), Massage (Muscles) and Joint Mobilizations all in one.
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We also help keep the body balanced through custom orthotics.
ABOUT
FORREST MAC IVOR, RMT., DOMP
Forrest has more than 15 years of experience as a Registered Massage Therapist, with a focus on facilitating long-term results through a combination of myofascial release, joint mobilizations, and patient education. His goal is to empower patients with up-to-date research concerning therapeutic outcomes, homecare, and anatomy - to improve physical health for day-to-day life.
Forrest has a diploma in Manual Osteopathy and instructs a variety of courses at Kootenay Columbia College of Registered Massage Therapy. Being an instructor allows Forrest to stay on the leading edge of modern therapeutic techniques while running his Nelson-based private practice.
In this way, Forrest can work with his patients to create customized and attainable treatment plans. This integrative approach combining massage therapy and manual osteopathic approaches equates to long-term benefits and improved mobility.
Forrest relies on using a variety of techniques to complement each other, such as myofascial release, joint mobilizations, visceral therapy, cranial osteopathy, muscle energy techniques, and ligamentous articular strain techniques. Forrest is also excited to be providing custom orthotics assessments and fittings using GaitScan technology.
YOUR TREATMENT
WHAT TO EXPECT
PRELIMINARY INFORMATION
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Forrest will ask preliminary questions to assess your health and wellness goals.
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He will consider information about your physical condition, medical history, lifestyle, stress levels, medications and any areas of physical pain that could affect your therapy outcomes.
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This information will help him to design a custom session to achieve your health and wellness goals for long-term and lasting results.
PRIVACY & COMFORT
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Wearing comfortable clothing or bringing shorts and/or a sports bra allows Forrest more freedom to deliver a variety of techniques and positions as a manual osteopath. However, each person who sees Forrest will be evaluated on the needs of the day.
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After your initial conversation and Forrest's assessment of what is to treated, he may stay in the room with you to begin treatment over top of your clothing. However, if he believes a massage approach better meets your needs, he may leave the room and give you an opportunity to remove your clothing and get comfortable.
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Forrest will always discuss with you what he believes is the best treatment plan of the day and allow for your input as well to align with your goals and desired outcomes.
THERAPY SESSION
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Depending on your needs and treatment plan, your manual therapy session may involve full body work, or localized treatment.
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Remember to breathe normally and allow your body to fully relax.
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Forrest invites you to always check in with him during the treatment if something feels good or needs to be changed for any reason. Good communication is vital to a more optimal treatment outcome.
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Post treatment in general it's important to hydrate 1-2 cups of water initially.
ENVIRONMENT
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Relaxing music will be played. If you find music distracting, simply tell Forrest. The same goes for talking during your session.
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Forrest will check on pressure and comfort throughout your appointment. If you're uncomfortable at any time (too cold, too much pressure) communicate with him.
FOLLOW UP
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The benefits of manual osteopathy are cumulative, so work with Forrest to customize a plan to meet your health and wellness goals.
LOCATED IN THE HEART OF NELSON, BC
REBALANCE MANUAL THERAPY