Welcome to Fearon Osteopathy

Fearon Osteopathy is Tillsonburg's newest treatment centre. Manual Osteopathy takes a holistic, whole-body approach to healthcare. We use hands-on techniques to treat without the use of drugs or other modalities. Manual Osteopathic Techniques include stretching, gentle pressure, and resistance in the form of palpation, soft tissue manipulation, osteopathic mobilization, myofascial release, and muscle energy techniques.

We specialize in the treatment of neuro-musculo-skeletal disorders such as back and neck pain, sciatica, sporting injuries, and postural strain. Manual Osteopathic Treatments can benefit anyone from children to seniors. Your Manual Osteopathic Practitioner will adjust treatments to meet your needs.

What is Osteopathy?

Manual Osteopathy is a client-centred manual medicine, based on the belief that structure dictates function. Tightness and restrictions in nerve, muscle, and joint structure can be caused by or lead to other problems. Manual Osteopathy is the art of using the hands to treat physical restrictions, limitations, and lesions caused by accidents, repetitive injuries, or postural strain, which are common to many sports and jobs. As a result, function improves. The therapeutic approach makes this practice unique. Rather than only treating symptoms, the manual osteopathic practitioner treats clients as a whole —focusing on the source of the problem. The frequency of treatments is based on your assessment. Adequate time between visits is required to allow your body to integrate the changes that occur from one treatment to the next.

Why Choose Osteopathy?

Manual Osteopathic Treatment is an efficient and effective solution, helping clients return to health and to their normal activities. Treating the body as a whole ensures that the whole body is functioning at its most optimal state. The aim of the Osteopathic Manual Practitioner is to look for the cause of restrictions, rather than solely treating the affected area.  Manual Osteopathic Treatments focuses on the health of the whole body, not just the injured or affected part. While the focus is on joints, muscles, and the spine, treatments positively affect the body's nervous, circulatory, and lymphatic systems.  Manual osteopathy has been shown to reduce sleeplessness resulting from chronic pain.

What are the Benefits of Osteopathy?

Osteopathic Manual Practitioners can help with the following conditions

• Neck and Back Pain
• Sciatica
• Foot, Ankle, Hip, and Knee Pain
• Hand, Shoulder, and Elbow Pain
• Headaches, Migraines, Concussions
• Sports Injuries
• Tennis and Golfer's Elbow
• Joint Pain (Trauma, Repetitive Strain)
• Postural Problems due to pregnancy,
  driving or work strain

BRIDGET FEARON

Honours B. Sc. (Human Kinetics), M. Sc. (Education), Diploma in Osteopathic Manual Practice

I am truly excited about being a Manual Osteopathic Practitioner and look forward to helping others. Although, I have always had an interest in health sciences, my journey has not been a straight path.

I graduated from the University of Guelph with an Honours Bachelor of Science in Human Kinetics. As a student, in addition to working at the Athletic Centre, I volunteered in the Athletic Therapy department, was a volunteer trainer for the varsity lacrosse team, and volunteered at the Ontario Aerobics Centre as a Cardiac Rehabilitations Technician. My goal was to help people.

Upon graduation, I worked as a Certified Kinesiologist in a physiotherapy clinic in Toronto. My role was to design in clinic and at-home exercise protocols for patients to facilitate their recovery. It was an interesting job that matched my goal to help people but was not the rewarding career I was looking for.

After a few years, I married and moved to Tillsonburg, Ontario. The job opportunities in my field were limited. I considered going back to school, however, while effective, other areas in the health field didn’t hit home with me. In keeping with my desire to work with people, I went to teachers’ college and taught Special Education classes and Grade 4/5 (What a wonderful age. They love everything!!!). I loved teaching but missed working in the health care field.

After a visit to a manual osteopath a few years ago, I found an area of health care that peaked my interest. I had not even known about osteopathy until my husband had exhausted places to go for his headaches. While the desire to go back to health care was strong, I still loved teaching. After doing some research, I kept teaching AND took courses toward a Diploma in Osteopathic Manual Practitioner. The more I learned about osteopathy, the more I felt this was something I needed to do. I have since graduated and I am now ready to take the leap and work as a Manual Osteopathic Practitioner.