Stephanie works as a Certified Athletic Therapist and Osteopathic Practitioner with more than 20 years of experience to date as a health care practitioner. She is a member in good standing of the Canadian Athletic Therapist’s Association and Osteopathy BC, the regulating bodies for these respective disciplines.

As an Athletic Therapist, Stephanie has had a widely varied career. A graduate of the University of Manitoba’s Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science program with a specialization in Athletic Therapy, Stephanie worked for the Canadian Forces for four memorable years before establishing a private practice in Greater Victoria in 2010. She has worked with people of all ages within the general public, amateur and professional athletes at locations worldwide.

Stephanie began her education in Manual Osteopathy in 2007 at the now-defunct College d’Etudes Osteopathiques / School of Osteopathy, Manual Practice, Vancouver.

As a result of Stephanie’s formal education she has a somewhat unique approach to assessing and treating each individual’s aches and pains. As an Athletic Therapist she was taught to prevent, assess and rehabilitate injuries to the “container” (i.e. the body’s structure including bones, joints, muscles, ligaments and connective tissues) while also recognizing injury or trauma to the internal organs. With additional training, Stephanie now approaches the “container”, including the cranium (ie skull), in much greater detail AND assesses the “contents” of each person’s body, albeit externally, such as the internal organs, viscera, nerves and blood vessels. As the human body is so comprehensive, Stephanie believes that addressing the container and the contents must go hand-in-hand in order for the cause of a grievance to be possibly identified and corrected, thereby improving biomechanical and physiological function of the body as a whole. The relationship between the container and its contents is always reciprocal.

Stephanie offers her services at Innerlife Health Services in Saanich, BC.

Stephanie works as a Certified Athletic Therapist and Osteopathic Practitioner with more than 20 ... Read More