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The field of osteopathy is at a crossroads. As traditional models and new scientific approaches converge, there’s never been a more crucial time to engage in the debate about the future of our profession. This year’s OsEAN Open Forum 2024 is on November 7th & 8th in Saronno and brings together the brightest minds to tackle this essential conversation. View the poster presentations...

June 2024 marked 150 years since Dr. Andrew Taylor Still first ‘discovered’ Osteopathy. Since then, every Osteopath learns Dr. Still’s; philosophy early in their coursework, but few have likely reflected on the worldwide movement he pioneered a century and a half ago, and how the practice of Osteopathy developed in different ways across the globe. Dr. Still believed optimum health was achieved...

The Osteopathic Research Center invites you to join us for the 2024 Goldstein Lecture at 12pm CDT on Wednesday, October 9th, 2024 when Dr. Brian Clark, Ph.D, an internationally recognized expert in aging and musculoskeletal health and Executive Director of the Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute (OMNI) presents "Live Longer, Live Stronger". The lecture will be delivered via Zoom Webinar.

The Goldstein Lecture was created by the Osteopathic Research Center to honor the many...

The World Osteopathic Healthcare Week (WOHW) is hosted by the Osteopathic International Alliance (OIA) each year in celebration of the global osteopathic community. The WOHW brings together osteopaths and osteopathic physicians to celebrate our shared philosophy of mind-body-spirit, and to educate patients, the public, and regulatory authorities about osteopathic care. Watch out for OsteopathyBC's (OBC's) Instagram and Facebook posts; Like, comment and share.

Starting for the first time this fall of 2024, Osteopathy training will be offered in a Quebec university, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). The two new graduate programs will focus on osteopathic skills, clinical practice and updating Osteopathic Practitioners' knowledge on evidence-based practices. For more details, go here.

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to compare the effects of osteopathic treatment and progressive muscular relaxation (PMR) exercises on patients with tension-type headache (TTH).

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Introducing the new Honours Bachelor of Science – Osteopathy program at Sheridan College in Ontario, Canada. For the first time in Canada, manual osteopathic practitioners can graduate with a baccalaureate degree in osteopathy. This 4-year program meets the World Health Organization and the National Canadian Standards (CSA Z16686-20 Osteopathic Healthcare Provision) for the Type 1 standard of 1,000 hours of supervised clinical practice. For a program summary go here.

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WOHW April 17 - April 23, 2023 World Osteopathic Healthcare Week or WOHW, formally known as the International Osteopathic Healthcare Week, is hosted each year by the Osteopathic International Alliance (OIA) to celebrate osteopathy globally and educate patients, the public, and regulatory authorities to the existence, philosophy and effectiveness of osteopathic treatments.

Bill 36, the Health Professions and Occupations Act (HPOA), received Royal assent on November 24, 2022 and is now law in British Columbia.