Helping relieve tension and muscle pain
By Joan Janzen
joanjanzen@yahoo.com
During the winter months, people spend more time indoors and less time being physically active outdoors. This, coupled with regulations limiting human contact and face-to-face engagement, can cause tension in the human body over long periods. Fortunately, there are solutions available, and Stephanie Fusnik is facilitating a solution regularly in Kindersley.
The solution is called manual osteopathy, which was developed in the late 1900’s, designed to remove obstructions to the body’s innate self-regulating abilities. It treats muscles and connective tissue gently manipulates joints, involves direct work to the organs and ligamentous attachments to relieve pain and improve function. Practitioners use their hands to assess as well as treat the body.
In March, Stephanie plans to visit Kindersley for a full day of exercise therapy with clients who have booked appointments. Stephanie has just started her business called “Vitality Osteopathic and Exercise Therapy”, where she rents a room in the Saskatoon Wellness Centre. She hopes to visit Kindersley once a month, depending on interest and demand.
“It all started when I was working in the health region,” Stephanie said. “I was able to see some incredible results with exercise therapy clients, but I knew there had to be a way to help them even more. I stumbled across manual osteopathic therapy at a health and fitness expo in Saskatoon.” Stephanie soon discovered that we can have tension around our organs that, if released, can allow people better movement. Stephanie thought of all the clients she had, who she could help even more.
By developing skills, Stephanie will feel surface tensions, muscle tensions and inflammation, and deeper tensions. She will also use techniques for the nervous system, balancing the nervous system with other systems in the body. This can be helpful in the resolution of many conditions.
Interest has been quickly growing, even though Stephanie was only taking on people who she knew or referrals from people who she knew as clients. When asked what her business is about, she says, “Clients typically say it is a mix between chiropractic and massage therapy.”
“It is a non-invasive hands-on treatment that focuses on removing restrictions and tension in the body to restore proper movement, alignment, function and balance.
“I include stretches and exercises for all my clients to follow as ‘homework’ to help them maintain results after treatment,” Stephanie adds. Numerous conditions can be treated with this therapy, such as back pain, migraines, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, tennis elbow, whiplash, and much more.
All treatment is done over the clothes, so clients are advised to wear a t-shirt and shorts for their appointment. Stephanie is conducting her visit in co-operation with the Pathway to Wellness scheduled activities that are held at the West Central Events Centre.
