Care built around you
— not just your symptoms.

Osteopathic care that looks beyond where you feel it to help your body move, adapt and function more comfortably.

Bryhnn Freitas giving a hands-on hip and leg treatment to a client on the treatment table.

Bryhnn Freitas giving a hands-on neck treatment to a client lying on the treatment table.

What is osteopathy?

Your body is in constant communication.

Bones and joints provide structure. Muscles and fascia move it. Nerves carry information, blood vessels deliver oxygen and nutrients. Each influences the environment the others have to function in.

Osteopathy is a gentle, hands-on approach that assesses these relationships. By reducing areas of restriction, we work to improve the body's mechanics — giving its structures and systems greater freedom to do their jobs.

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My Approach

The best care is collaborative.

We work together.

You bring the experience of living in your body — what you're feeling, what matters to you and what you need to do. I bring my knowledge, training and hands-on skill. We work from there.

Gentle and responsive.

I listen to your feedback and adapt treatment to how you and your body respond, rather than forcing an approach that isn't working.

Beyond the table.

Care can continue beyond the table through practical considerations around posture, positioning and movement. And when another healthcare professional can better support something you need, good care means recognizing that too.

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Who I Work With

Different bodies. Different lives. Different demands.

I work with people across the lifespan — from childhood through adulthood and into later life.

We grow, work, play and care for others. Our bodies and what we ask of them change along the way.

What each person brings to the treatment table is different — and so is what they need from care.

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Meet Bryhnn

I'm Bryhnn Freitas, an Osteopathic Manual Practitioner, movement educator and mother of two young children.

I started out studying International Development and Globalization, interested in people, communities and alleviating suffering. More than a decade teaching yoga and movement brought that interest closer to the individual — but I wanted a deeper understanding of the body and more practical ways to help the person in front of me. That search led me to osteopathy.

Today, my goal is simple: to help people live more comfortably in the bodies carrying them through their lives — one person, one body, one life at a time.

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Bryhnn Freitas, Osteopathic Manual Practitioner.

M.OMSc — Osteopathic Manual Practitioner
OSTCAN & OAO — Registered Member
10+ years — Yoga & movement education
Continuing education — Pediatric osteopathic care
Committed to ongoing study and professional development

Bryhnn is a talented, kind and very thorough osteopath. She really takes her time to go over every detail, and explain what she's doing as she works. I always feel relaxed and taken care of during treatments with her. I'd highly recommend!
— Carrie Pakulat

From the journal

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Osteopath, Chiropractor or RMT? Here's How I Actually Think About the Difference

A plain-language look at how osteopathic care compares to chiropractic and massage therapy in Ontario, and how to figure out which one actually fits what you're looking for.

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Osteopathic care may be covered by your extended health benefits. As a member of OSTCAN and the Ontario Association of Osteopathic Manual Practitioners (OAO), my services are recognized by many extended health insurance providers. Coverage varies by plan.

OSTCAN & OAO Member

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Care built around you— not just your symptoms.