Green Osteopathic Clinic
12020 Ashburn Rd. L9L 2A1 Port Perry, ON, Canada

Hi Everyone, POP UP COURSE for this Friday, April 9! (as well as Sunday April 25) This course may be of interest to you and colleagues that work with infants; open to manual practitioners and affiliated paediatric practitioners.... Brand New Short Course on Infants! The Core of Infant Developmental Movement 3 Hour Virtual course This course will be very helpful to understanding key physical factors underpinning the developmental milestone sequence. Whether you are a manual practitioner or a practitioner who frequently sees infants in your office. Friday April 9, 2021 or Sunday April 25, 2021 10 am - 1:15 pm Course Outline: The Core of Infant Developmental Movement: Stability What is it? How does it occur? Why is it important? Identifying Red Flags in Poor Stabilization in the first 3 months The Milestone Sequence: Newborn to walking Cost: $169.50 ($150 + hst) Instructor: Judy Green Open to Osteopathic Manual Practitioners, Physiotherapists, RMT's, Chiropractors, OT's, Lactation consultants, Nutritionists, Midwives, Physicians and any practitioner who sees infants in their practice. Payment to [email protected] Information is also posted on the website: greenosteopathy.ca **you can pm me or contact me at [email protected]

Osteopathic Practitioners are among the small businesses targeted to be closed while large retailers, malls, stores, physiotherapy, chiropractic, massage are open. Please help to stop this targeted inequity!!

There has never been evidence provided that the provision of osteopathic treatment is any more of a risk than other health care providers and yet we are not allowed to practice (having been included as personal care services) in Ontario during the shutdown. Ironically, you can shop to your hearts content at the mall. So,so wrong. Please #DougFord, let us work!

Thanks to my lovely colleague, Cher, for sharing her demo on mask wearing :)

This is interesting. A more complete contact to the face with this adjustment. I’ll be trying this in my office!

worth reading regarding masks.... There is a lot of nonsense out there about masks. Here are some rational thoughts! Worthy rant from a retired surgeon: MASKS i...n the COVID 19 world RETIRED SURGEON Sam Laucks, has this to say about wearing masks: OK, here’s my rant about masks: I have spent the past 39 years working in the field of surgery. For a significant part of that time, I have worn a mask. I have worked with hundreds (probably thousands) of colleagues during those years, who have also worn masks. Not a single one us of became ill, passed out or died from lack of oxygen. Not a single one of us became ill, passed out or died from breathing too much carbon dioxide. Not a single one us of became ill, passed out or died from rebreathing a little of our own exhaled air. Let’s begin here by putting those scare tactics to rest! (It is true that some people, with advanced lung diseases, may be so fragile that a mask could make their already-tenuous breathing more difficult. If your lungs are that bad, you probably shouldn’t be going out in public at the present time anyway; the consequences if you are exposed to Covid-19 would likely be devastating.) But, you ask, can’t viruses go right through the mask, because they are so small? (Masks keep viruses out just as well as a chain link fence keeps mosquitoes out, some tell us.) It is true that individual virus particles can pass through the pores of a mask; however, viruses don’t move on their own. They do not fly across the room like a mosquito, wiggle through your mask like a worm, or fly up your nose like a gnat. The virus is essentially nothing more than a tiny blob of genetic material. Covid-19 travels in a CARRIER the carrier is a fluid droplet- fluid droplets that you expel when you cough, sneeze, sing, laugh, talk or simply exhale. Most of your fluid droplets will be stopped from entering the air in the room if you are wearing a mask. Wearing a mask is a very efficient way to protect others if you are carrying the virus (even if you don’t know that you are infected). In addition, if someone else’s fluid droplets happen to land on your mask, many of them will not pass through. This gives the wearer some additional protection, too. But, the main reason to wear a mask is to PROTECT OTHERS. Even if you don’t care about yourself, wear your mask to protect your neighbors, co-workers and friends! A mask is certainly not 100% protective. However, it appears that the severity of Covid-19 infection is at least partially dose-dependent. In other words, the more virus particles that enter your body, the sicker you are likely to become. Why not decrease that volume if you can? What have you got to lose?! But doesn’t a requirement or a request to wear a mask violate my constitutional rights? You’re also not allowed to go into the grocery store if you are not wearing pants. You can’t yell fire in the Produce Department. You’re not allowed to urinate on the floor in the Frozen Food Section. Do you object to those restrictions? Rules, established for the common good, are component of a civilized society. But aren’t masks uncomfortable? Some would say that underwear or shoes can be uncomfortable, but we still wear them. (Actually, being on a ventilator is pretty darned uncomfortable, too!) Are masks really so bad that you can’t tolerate them, even if they will help keep others healthy? But won’t people think I’m a snowflake or a wimp if I wear a mask? I hope you have enough self-confidence to overcome that. But won’t I look stupid if I wear a mask? I’ve decided not to dignify that question with an answer!! :) But I never get sick; I’m not worried. Well, then, wear a mask for the sake of the rest of us who are not so perfect! There is good evidence that masks make a real difference in diminishing the transmission of Covid-19. Please, for the sake of others (and for the sake of yourself), wear your mask when in public. It won’t kill you! P.S. - And, by the way, please be sure that BOTH your nose and mouth are covered! Recommendations around mask usage are confusing. The science isn't. Evidence shows that masks are extremely effective to slow the coronavirus and may be the best tool available right now to fight it. Thank you, Sam Laucks!!

Everything is looking up as we start to slowly open up our clinic next week!! We are looking forward to seeing all our lovely patients again! Be patient with us as it will be a slow opening

Check out our newly updated website! Greenosteopathy.ca

Green Osteopathic Clinic is currently closed until June 15. All clients scheduled up until this date will be rescheduled. As of yet, we have not received the green light to begin opening up. Hopefully soon! Call the office 905-904-3866 or email if you need assistance. On line consultation is available to you. We will continue to monitor an opening date which could very well be extended much longer. We will follow government guidelines in this regard. ... Take care during this time of great change, compassion and renewal.

This functional position makes sense of Dermatomes. Love it!

When an egg is fertilized, a series of energy waves are triggered across the egg's surface. These waves, according to new research from Massachusetts Institute ...of Technology (MIT), are similar to ocean waves, brain waves, or circulation in the atmosphereit's a universal wave pattern that has been scaled down to the tiny surface of a sea star egg, like the one seen here. More on this here: http://news.mit.edu/2020/growth-organism-waves-0323 See more

Green Osteopathic Clinic is currently closed until June 1. All clients scheduled up until this date will be rescheduled. Call the office 905-904-3866 or email if you need assistance. On line consultation is available to you. We will continue to monitor an opening date which could very well be extended much longer. We will follow government guidelines in this regard. ... Take care during this time of great change, compassion and renewal.

Recommended listen for all manual practitioners. A logical, clear guide to the knowledge needed for and steps we might take in regard to eventual re-opening of our clinics. A great help for formulating our plans. Looking forward to the day!!!

Chair exercise options. Part 2 Keep moving.

These caught my eye today. Sinking in

Green Osteopathic Clinic is currently closed until May 18. All clients scheduled up until this date will be rescheduled. Call the office 905-904-3866 or email if you need assistance. On line consultation is available to you. We will continue to monitor an opening date which could very well be extended much longer. We will follow government guidelines in this regard. ... Take care during this time of great change, compassion and renewal.

I highly recommend this position for breathing if possible for you. It may have already been introduced to you as part of your home routine if you are one of my clients(or an exercise somewhat similar!). KEEP THAT RIBCAGE MOVING Jackie and I look forward to seeing you when the clinic is able to open again!!

A simple chair routine for home. Part 1. Thank you Clare C. Frank!

Some simple exercises for your lungs and rib cage.

A short chat on the first 6 weeks with my colleague south of the border, Bill Tortoriello

Sinking in. This book is a marvel of Osteopathic information for those of us who treat infants and children. I can’t wait to see babies and children in my clinic again! Until then, I will be spending my time in more self education and deepening my knowledge.