Kinesiology

Upgrade Your Kinesiology Career with Osteopathy Training

As a kinesiology professional, you have a strong foundation in human movement and rehabilitation. But if you’re looking to deepen your expertise, expand your career opportunities, and gain more autonomy in your practice, osteopathy offers the perfect upgrade.

Osteopathy builds on your kinesiology background by adding a more comprehensive approach to diagnosis and treatment. While kinesiology focuses on movement and physical function, osteopathy allows you to assess and treat the body as an interconnected whole, using advanced diagnostic skills and structural manipulation. This enables you to address more complex and chronic conditions that kinesiology alone may not resolve.

In addition to expanding your clinical capabilities, osteopathy provides greater professional autonomy. Unlike kinesiology, where treatments are often guided by physician referrals, osteopathic manual practitioners (OMPs) make their own diagnoses and treatment plans, offering a deeper, more direct relationship with patients.

Osteopathy is also easier on the body. As a kinesiology professional, you may be familiar with the physical demands of hands-on work, but osteopathic techniques focus on leverage and precise manipulation, reducing the strain on your body. Many osteopaths work well into their 70s and 80s, thanks to the biomechanically efficient approach that osteopathy promotes.

From a financial standpoint, osteopathy offers a higher earning potential. While tuition costs for both kinesiology and osteopathy are comparable, OMPs typically earn more due to their advanced skills, clinical autonomy, and ability to treat a wider range of conditions.

In summary, osteopathy is an ideal path for kinesiologists seeking to advance their careers, offering greater clinical responsibility, a broader scope of practice, and a higher income potential. If you’re ready for a more impactful and sustainable healthcare career, osteopathy is the next logical step.

Rewarding career for Kinesiology

Your Kinesiologist background is perfect for pursuing osteopathy! With your previous education you get DIRECT ENTRY into our program, and bypass our PREP course.

Our program will take your skills and knowledge and level them up so you can assess and treat osteopathically, with confidence, precision and expertise! CAO Graduates are well known for being highly trained! This is why they get full insurance billing privileges through OSTCAN and often have full practices within 6 months!

The CAO trains in Principles-based osteopathy which is high level (not entry level) osteopathy. You will be able to help patients in ways other modalities can’t. Our grads make their own schedules and earn well because of their high level of skill.

The CAO’s Admissions process is very personal! Unlike universities or colleges you won’t have to speak to a series of people and departments to get the information you need. Instead, we have personal consultations with every applicant, and guide them through the process every step of the way!