About Kendra Hope
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Kendra completed six years of full-time training at the oldest school of osteopathy in Canada, the Collège d'Etudes Ostéopathiques in Montreal. Her training meets international World Health Organization standards, and includes over 4000 hours of hands-on training and supervised clinical practice. She is a member of Osteopathy BC and the Canadian Federation of Osteopaths.
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Kendra has also completed specialized training for women's health, pregnancy and post-partum, newborns, babies and children. She wrote her thesis on the subject of osteopathic support for oncology patients.
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Kendra is passionate about understanding the complexity of each individual and finding lasting, effective solutions to health problems. Her gentle approach is appropriate for people of all ages and she welcomes people of all ethnicities, cultures, shapes and orientations.
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Osteopathic Manual Therapy in BC
It is important to distinguish between Osteopathic Manual Practitioners and Osteopathic Physicians. Osteopaths trained in the United States are physicians: medical Doctors of Osteopathy who can diagnose medical conditions and prescribe medical treatments. Osteopathic Manual Practitioners (found around the world,) are not medical doctors, but are highly trained therapists with four or more years of training.
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Osteopathy remains an unregulated profession in Canada, despite being recognized in the UK, across Europe, and in many other countries. This means that just about anybody, with any kind of training, can claim to be an osteopathic practitioner in Canada...potentially leading to poor results and dangerous practices.
It is recommended that clients consult Osteopathic Practitioners who have training that meets WHO standards, such as members of Osteopathy BC and the Canadian Federation of Osteopaths. For more information, visit