Who provides Osteopathy in Canada:
The Osteopathy Manual Practice is not currently regulated in Canada and not recognized as a health care profession under the Ontario Regulated
Health Professions Act.
What are the differences between a DO and DOMP?
D.O. stands for Doctor of Osteopathy and he/she is a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Doctors of Osteopathy (D.O.) are allowed to diagnosis a patient and prescribe medication. There is no D.O. educational program that offers needed education to become Osteopathic Physician in Canada. However there are some colleges in Canada that provide DOMP education (Diploma in Osteopathic Manual Practitioner) which is eligible in Canada.
Both D.O. and DOMP are eligible to work in Clinics, Rehab Centers, and Spas or open their own practice in Canada in regards to assess
and treat patients using an osteopathic philosophy and manual techniques.
What are the differences between Osteopath and a Chiropractor?
A chiropractor is a person who is interested in how a person's body works, but views the workings of a body primarily through the spinal and muscular systems. Usually a chiropractor focuses on pain relief and injury recovery. He or she will use spine and joint adjustments, massage, electrical stimulation and rehabilitative
exercise to help a patient heal as well as working with the patient in other areas of his life (primarily diet and exercise programs).
Osteopathic practitioner use a wide variety of therapeutic manual techniques to improve physiological function and/or support homeostasis that has been altered by somatic / body framework / dysfunction.
Osteopathic practitioners use their understanding of the relationship between structure and function to optimize the body’s self-regulating, self-healing capabilities. One essential component of osteopathic health care is osteopathic manual therapy, which refers to an array of manipulative techniques. Osteopathic manipulative treatment was developed as a means of facilitating normal self-regulating / self-healing mechanisms in the body by addressing areas of tissue strain, stress or dysfunction that may impede normal neural and biochemical mechanisms.
The Osteopathy Manual Practice is not currently regulated in Canada and not recognized as a health care profession under the Ontario Regulated
Health Professions Act.
What are the differences between a DO and DOMP?
D.O. stands for Doctor of Osteopathy and he/she is a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Doctors of Osteopathy (D.O.) are allowed to diagnosis a patient and prescribe medication. There is no D.O. educational program that offers needed education to become Osteopathic Physician in Canada. However there are some colleges in Canada that provide DOMP education (Diploma in Osteopathic Manual Practitioner) which is eligible in Canada.
Both D.O. and DOMP are eligible to work in Clinics, Rehab Centers, and Spas or open their own practice in Canada in regards to assess
and treat patients using an osteopathic philosophy and manual techniques.
What are the differences between Osteopath and a Chiropractor?
A chiropractor is a person who is interested in how a person's body works, but views the workings of a body primarily through the spinal and muscular systems. Usually a chiropractor focuses on pain relief and injury recovery. He or she will use spine and joint adjustments, massage, electrical stimulation and rehabilitative
exercise to help a patient heal as well as working with the patient in other areas of his life (primarily diet and exercise programs).
Osteopathic practitioner use a wide variety of therapeutic manual techniques to improve physiological function and/or support homeostasis that has been altered by somatic / body framework / dysfunction.
Osteopathic practitioners use their understanding of the relationship between structure and function to optimize the body’s self-regulating, self-healing capabilities. One essential component of osteopathic health care is osteopathic manual therapy, which refers to an array of manipulative techniques. Osteopathic manipulative treatment was developed as a means of facilitating normal self-regulating / self-healing mechanisms in the body by addressing areas of tissue strain, stress or dysfunction that may impede normal neural and biochemical mechanisms.