This week on Matcha Mornings, Amanda is joined by Kathy Degen. Kathy is a physiotherapist, an Osteopathic Manual Practitioner and a yoga therapist. Kathy is passionate about incorporating the evidence-based practices of physiotherapy, the holistic approach of osteopathy, and the utilization of yoga and Pilates to empower patients with their own healing.
In this episode, we talk about Kathy’s journey with physiotherapy, osteopathy and yoga and how she has been able to blend these modalities to truly help her patients heal. We also discuss the power of the mind-body connection and how important this is for healing injuries and pain, as well as much more.
Enjoy!
Discussed in this episode:
- Kathy’s journey in physiotherapy to becoming an Osteopath
- What is Osteopahy?
- What blocks people from healing?
- What do people come to an Osteopath for?
- Why your whole life plays a part in how your experience and heal from pain
- Focusing on expressing health instead of getting rid of pain
- How does Kathy incorporate yoga into her practices?
- Why we have so much more healing power within ourselves than we think
- Why lowering stress is one of the first key steps to healing chronic pain
- Listening to the signals our bodies are giving up
- Trusting ourselves and tuning into what our bodies are telling us
- And much more… Here’s the episode!
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