OHASHIATSU - Ohashiatsu is a method of bodywork offering both giver and receiver a complete experience of self-development and healing. Combining Oriental healing philosophy and techniques with psychological and spiritual components, Ohashiatsu expands awareness of self and others through movement, meditation and touch. As a holistic method, Ohashiatsu emphasizes sensing and working with the overall energy flow throughout the body to create balance and relieve aches, tension, stress and fatigue. Studying and practicing Ohashiatsu helps to develop a balanced condition of health and well-being encompassing body, mind and spirit.
ONSEN™ - A combination of three treatment techniques based on fundament myofascial treatment philosophies. The three components, muscle energy technique, post isometric relaxation and transverse friction massage are used together to balance the myofascial system, releasing stress and pain in the body.
ORIGIN/INSERTION (I/O) WORK - Works the musculo-tendinous and the teno-periosteal junctions where the muscle meets, blends to the tendon and where the tendon meets the bone.  Illicits a stronger release of the tissues and allows for a more complete feel to the work as the muscles in their entirety are addressed.
ORTHO-BIONOMY - Ortho-bionomy was developed by the British Osteopath Dr. Arthur Lincoln Pauls in the 1970s and has since been refined into a comprehensive system of bodywork that includes a person's energetic and emotional well-being, in addition to addressing the physical body. Pauls combined his understanding and techniques of osteopathy with the principles of martial arts and the philosophy of homeopathy to stimulate the organism's self-healing reflexes without needing to use force or painful manipulation. The term Ortho-bionomy loosely translates from the Greek into "the correct application of the laws of life" to indicate Pauls did not invent something entirely new, but returned to a way of understanding the body and energetic field that had been known for centuries, but had fallen into disuse by modern medicine. On a physical level, a practitioner of Ortho-bionomy uses comfortable positions and gentle movements to ease the body into releasing tension and pain and to re-establish structural realignment. Proprioceptive nerve activity and stretch reflex action is stimulated to educate the body about its own patterns and to support the organism's ability to find balance, rather than forcing change from the outside. Since the changes that take place come from within, the results of the work tend to be long-lasting and affect not only the body,
but the overall well-being of the client. The energetic and emotional aspects of the client are included to facilitate balance and release of mental and emotional holding patterns that are closely associated with physical imbalance or trauma. Participation of the client is always
welcome in Ortho-bionomy and sessions are often educational in character. Often awareness alone will change a pattern, but specific exercises are also a part of what Ortho-bionomy can offer a client.
ORTHOPAEDIC MASSAGE - Whitney W. Lowe and Benny Vaughn to describe their work use this term. Ten modalities are combined to create a comprehensive approach to the treatment of soft-tissue pain and injury conditions. A combination of medical massage, sports massage, and Pfrimmer Deep Muscle Therapy. Its emphasis is on correcting and preventing injury from occurring. Techniques include transverse friction, PNF Stretching, myofascial release, trigger point therapy, strain-counterstain, and postural analysis among others. Four Primary Components of Orthopedic Massage: 1.Orthopedic Assessment. 2. Matching the Physiology of the Injury with the Physiological Effects of Treatment. 3. Treatment Adaptability. 4. Understanding the Rehabilitation Protocol
ORTHOTHERAPY - uses massage therapy, stretching, joint mobilization, exercise therapy, postural assessment and basic nutritional counselling to ease muscular pain or stiff joints caused by tension and stress, imbalance in connective tissues, muscles or joints, tissue damage, or systemic problems.
OSHIATSU - Developed by Oshi in New York. This unique work is the product of years of practice by Oshi who has produced his work in a book. He is a world-renowned speaker and teacher.
OSTEOKINETICS - This therapy utilizes dialogue, coached breathing, applying qigong from one side of the body through to the other while lengthening, stretching and manipulating the body, all of that creates space in the musculoskeletal system allowing for emotional and psychological restrictions to be cleared.
OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE - This system of comprehensive medical care goes beyond conventional medical philosophy to include an emphasis on structural balance of the musculoskeletal system. Osteopathic physicians use joint manipulation, postural re-education and physical therapy to normalize the body's structure and promote healing. Most medical conditions are amenable to osteopathic healing. In some cases, osteopathy has been show to resolve illnesses resistant to surgery and other medical approaches.