How can we look after our animals and keep them in good health? This is exactly what animal osteopaths ask themselves. Osteopathy uses a holistic and whole-body approach by working directly on an animal's mobility from its bones to its muscles, tendons, ligaments, and organs. Manon Turbe, your animal osteopath in Ontario, is here to help you ensure your animals' well-being.

What can an osteopath do to help an animal?

As with human osteopathy, animal osteopathy takes into account the animal's entire body, not just areas that present symptoms. Realistically, a holistic approach is even more crucial when it comes to animals, as pain signals can be harder to understand. Animal osteopathy involves several steps to help the patient:

• Assessment: examining the animal's posture and movements, and talking with the owner

• Diagnosis: Based on the assessment, the practitioner will provide an initial diagnosis

• Treatment: These steps include various manual techniques: stretching, massages, loosening body tissues...

• Ongoing care and prevention: the practitioner will provide several tips to help the owner care for their animal over the long term.

The practitioner may even recommend manipulations that the owner can do themselves.

Which animals can your osteopath treat?

Each animal is different and requires a unique and specific approach based on its individual needs. Manon Turbe works with cats, dogs and horses. Equine osteopathy is particularly important, especially for sport horses. Horses can suffer from numerous motor dysfunctions - osteoarthritis, difficulty standing up if it's an old horse, or, if it's a pony, need to have their growth monitored, etc. Canine osteopathy can also be highly complex and requires a thorough diagnosis. It can, for example, help a dog that's lame or suffering from stiff joints. Symptoms in cats can be more difficult to interpret, but a sudden change in behaviour can signal a problem. Indeed, these symptoms can be difficult to interpret and are not necessarily that obvious. Generally, cats need an osteopath for similar reasons as dogs.

If you have any questions about our website, please feel free to get in touch as soon as possible. We'll be happy to help you and your animal(s). Manon Turbe, your animal osteopath, is available in your area. Based in Campbellville, Manon covers the whole of Ontario in order to help the region's animals and their owners.