It's sunny. You're excited. You race outside to bike, or jog or play soccer. You pull a muscle, twist your ankle or feel a twinge in your back. Osteopathy, an increasingly recognized therapy, might be just what you need to revive your weekend warrior-ness.

Using hands-on techniques, osteopathic practitioners help restore the structure and function of the body. Tendonitis, muscle injuries, ligament strains, joint issues, nerve pain and other conditions involving pain, swelling, numbness or inflammation are treatable using osteopathic manipulation, according to the Society for the Promotion of Manual Practice Osteopathy, a BC association.

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