Osteopathy & Performance Care for Gymnasts

Train Smarter, recover faster, and perform better with specialized osteopathy, injury prevention, and strength programs for gymnasts and athletes—online and in person.

Gymnastics is a high-performance sport. And gymnasts who want to perform well need support that goes beyond pain relief and actually prepares their bodies for the demands of the sport.

That's exactly why I built my practice around it.

I was a gymnast. I suffered a career-ending injury and went through a thorough rehab process to get back to high performance. I have gone back to gymnastics as an adult and I am an official in the National Lacrosse League. I know this process from the inside.

I started my career as a strength and conditioning coach, then went back to school for Osteopathy to provide the best care for athletes. I now combine strength and conditioning and Osteopathy to give you something most clinics cannot.

I understand the physical demands of gymnastics and what the sport truly requires from an athlete's body. Generic rehab exercises alone often aren't enough to prepare a gymnast to safely return to high-impact skills after injury.

Effective gymnastics rehab goes beyond pain reduction — it prepares athletes for the speed, force, and impact demands of their sport. My approach bridges the gap between traditional physiotherapy and true return-to-performance training.

The goal isn't just to feel better. It's to build the strength, power, and capacity required to safely return to gymnastics.

You are not trying to just feel better. You are trying to get back on the floor, back on the beam, and back to the skills you worked years to build.

That takes a plan that understands what gymnastics actually demands from your body and builds you back up to meet it.

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Gymnasts at any level can benefit from working with me.

Whether you are a gymnast looking to commit to improving performance and are focused on career longevity, a gymnast training 12-30 hours per week on skills, or a gymnast who is recovering from an injury, I’d to work with you.

All gymnasts would greatly benefit from spending 1-3 hours per week working on getting stronger, and that’s one of the mainstays when you work with me.

Specific injuries and concerns I can help with:

  • Acute and Chronic Low back pain

  • Stress fractures

  • Wrist injuries

  • Repeat ankle sprains

  • Patellar tendonitis (jumper’s knee)

  • Improve power for vault, jumps, tumbling

  • …and more

If you have specific questions or want to know if I’m a good fit, feel free to reach out to me before you book.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yes, Ontario residents can claim under Osteopathy.  

  • YES! My programming is meant to complement your gymnastics training. The exercises are to be completed during all seasons (competition season and off-season). The demands will be different based on the season you’re in. 

  • No. While I do help those injured, I also love working with gymnasts looking to decrease the risk of injuries. Physical Preparation helps you with performance goals (eg:Increase speed and power to make performing a Tsukahara vault easier), become stronger to perform higher level skills and help prevent injuries (especially stress fractures). 

  • Periodized strength and conditioning for young gymnasts is a structured way of developing strength, coordination, power, and injury resistance gradually over time. For athletes ages 8–12, the focus is not heavy lifting — it’s movement quality, body control, proper technique, and safe progression. Current sport science and pediatric medical research consistently shows that supervised strength training for children is safe and beneficial when properly coached.

  • Gymnastics itself places very high forces on the body through tumbling, vaulting, and landings. Proper strength and conditioning helps prepare the body to handle those forces safely. Instead of doing the same hard training all year, periodized programming:

    • balances intensity and recovery

    • prevents overtraining

    • manages fatigue during growth spurts

    • develops joints and connective tissue gradually

    This is especially important in gymnastics because repetitive impact is one of the biggest causes of overuse injuries.

Want to bring Empower Osteo to your gym?

Looking to bring access to osteopathy services specific for your gymnasts? I’d love to chat. Feel free to contact me to get started.

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