Amy Shantz Airdrie Osteopathy / Osteopathic Manual Therapy

Our Osteopathic Manual Therapist Amy Shantz

Amy Shantz | Osteopathic Manual Therapist & CSEP-Certified Exercise Physiologist; BHK, dip.MT, DOMP, Proprioceptive-Deep Tendon Reflex (P-DTR) practitioner

Amy partners with people to optimize function, performance and wellbeing. She does this by working with people's whole being through the physical body in a way that values and works with each person's uniqueness and experience and the effects on posture and function.

Her hands on therapy engages body tissues and structures from the tip of the head to the toe, systems and connections, working towards all moving in health. This includes working with tiny particle sensory receptors all over our body that pick-up information about what we experience and feel. They initiate messages that travel to our brain and affect how our brain makes our body’s tissues, including our muscles, function.

At Dawn Wellness

mind. body. soul.

Therapy for:

Help manage and recover from:

Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA)
Work, leisure and athletic injuries
Stiffness and Pain including migraines & TMJ
Weakness
Poor circulation, mild lymphedema
Healing of scars or adhesions of old scars
Osteoarthritis, SI dysfunction, MS, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue

Help achieve goals:

Increase strength
Improve posture
Increase range of motion
Feel better
Do activities more easily

Amy is specialized in:

Proprioceptive-Deep Tendon Reflex (P-DTR) technique
Joint Work
Cranial Techniques
Visceral and Neural Manipulation
Lymphatic Drainage
Myofascial Release and Fascial Stretch Therapy

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More About Amy

At Dawn Wellness

After teaching an introductory wellness course at a college overseas, Amy began her career in healthcare as a kinesiologist in 2000. She came to love hands-on therapeutic approaches while becoming a Fascial Stretch Therapist. Amy subsequently completed a 2200 hour massage therapy diploma, has completed the 5 years of courses and exams in an Osteopathic Manual Therapy program and is in a final research year, and has taken many other continuing education courses including Proprioceptive-Deep Tendon Reflex Technique to lessen sensitivity of sensory receptors. She has participated in sports since she was a kid and played 1 year of college volleyball. She’s a certified coach in a few sports and a volleyball referee.