My Sochi Experience
I’ve just got back from the Olympics where I had the privilege of working as an Osteopath for the Canadian Long Track Speed Skating team. Most of my time was spent in the medical bay of the Canadian residential block located in the Olympic Village.  After being there a few days it became apparent
Is Sitting the New Smoking?
Everyone seems to be saying it; “Your chair will kill you!” A quick Google search confirms it and everyone from the Guardian in the UK to the Mayo clinic in the US has written something about it. But what does it actually mean? How is it that “sitting is the new smoking”? I wanted to give you
Functional Foot and Ankle Assessment
Functional Foot and Ankle Assessment Part 1

Assessing the body functioning naturally is an important component of Applied Functional Science as taught by the Gray Institute.

During my training with them we where taught to look at each client as a individual who's functional needs will be unique to them.

Advice for UK trained osteopaths who want to come to Canada
I get a lot of emails and phone calls about what it is like to work in Canada.  Most of the inquires come from the UK.  Turns out I’m not alone in this.  The governing body of Osteopathy in the UK (GOsC) gets asked a lot of questions about practicing in Canada as well.  They