Georgian Bay Osteopathy

Andy Aruvald is based in Collingwood Ontario in the Georgian Bay area. He is a Certified Bowen Health Therapist for 12 years and a Manual Osteopath for the past 3 years. 

Andy is passionate about helping people understand their injuries or pain, helping to explain how osteopathy can help us in our everyday lives and about getting people moving.

Andy believes in a holistic approach to health. Using the underpinning principles of osteopathy. He uses well rounded non-invasive treatment protocols that may include postural assessment, adjustments, mobilizations, myofascial release techniques, electrotherapeutic modalities, exercise/stretch prescription, aromatherapy, and nutritional/ lifestyle advice.

Osteopathy is suitable for people of all ages, and you'll find that it's not all about 'clicking' joints. Andy treats a wide range of people who all present with a variety of aches, pains and strains. For this reason he tailors his treatment to each individual patient to ensure you are part of the treatment plan, and are comfortable with the process.

He also offers PEMF and Cold Laser Therapy treatments in his practice.

For products he sells in his clinic: https://georgianbayosteopathy.ca/shop

Georgian Bay Osteopathy - Clinic Specializing in Pain Relief, Sports Injury & Wellness Management

Serving Collingwood, Blue Mountain, Wasaga Beach, Creemore, Staynor, Thornbury, Nottawa, Clearview

About Manual Osteopathy: What is Manual Osteopathy?

Manual Osteopathy is a form of hands-on therapy that can have beneficial effects for a variety of muscle and joint conditions. A manual osteopath will spend time talking with you to understand more about you and your symptoms, along with your medical history and lifestyle. I will carry out a thorough examination which will involve touching the area of the body that hurts, and some general movement and specific testing if required. This will help me to provide as accurate an assessment as possible for the cause of your pain.

I may ask about other influences which may affect you, such as your daily activities, hobbies, your diet and sleeping patterns. Sometimes the cause of the problem may be in a different area to the pain, so I may examine your whole body.

Manual Osteopaths use a wide range of gentle hands-on techniques that focus on releasing tension, stretching muscles and mobilising joints. This is often used together with exercise and helpful advice designed to help you manage your pain, keep active and maintain the best of health. Your treatment will be tailored to you as an individual, and this helps to ensure you are comfortable with the treatment plan. In some instances, you may be referred to your GP for further investigation.

The benefits of osteopathy are:

Decrease of tension in the body, reducing pain & tension headaches
Reduction of pain in muscles and stiffness in joints
Support of spinal posture
Increase of blood circulation and healing
Improvement of joint mobility
Helps to break up scar tissue
Improves sleep quality
Helps normalize breathing & respiratory functions
Non invasive, no medication
Preventive therapy


Manual Osteopaths Commonly Treat the following:


- Headaches, migraines and tension headaches

- Various pregnancy discomforts

- TMJ and face pain

- Back and neck pain

- Disc related problems

- Frozen shoulder/shoulder and elbow pain/tennis e

Bemer PEMF Therapy, Cold Laser Therapy