Karina is registered, and in good standing, with
Ontario Association of Osteopathic Manual Practitioners,
respected by the Ontario Insurance Industry.
Karina Lechner
BSc, Rmt(r), Do(Mp), M.OMSc.
Osteopath(ic Manual Therapist) / Owner
Karina graduated from the University of Guelph in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Natural Resources Management and Environmental Studies - which gave her a lifelong appreciation of the interrelationship of systems on a macro level.
An injury led her to the world of physical rehabilitation / medicine - and from there -grew the interest in / and love of: the interrelationship of systems — this time at the level of body, mind, and spirit.
Thereafter she studied at Sutherland Chan School and Teaching Clinic in Toronto, from which she graduated as a Registered Massage Therapist in 1991.
Karina has been a practitioner for 32 years - first as a massage therapist, and, after many advanced level / post graduate courses with the Upledger Institute (CranioSacral Therapy) and the Barral Institute (Visceral Manipulation) , she completed the 4 year program at the Canadian Academy of Osteopathy (CAO) and is currently a practitioner of Osteopathic Manual Therapy (2009).
Her thesis, as required for graduation from the CAO, researched the conversion of stressors to physical (and emotional) symptomatology within our bodies (in essence - somatization). The Hypothalamic - Pituitary - Adrenal Axis and its role in communication within our bodies.
Upon graduation from the CAO, Karina was awarded the Andrew Taylor Still Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement.
Karina is a member of The Ontario Association of Osteopathic Manual Practitioners, the Institute of Classical Osteopathy (England),
the International Alliance of Health Care Practitioners.(https://www.iahp.com/pages/search/index.php#result).
Karina is an experienced and intuitive practitioner of Osteopathy and welcomes patients of all ages to her practice and treats, and has treated, a tremendous range of ailments.
Her continuing area of post grad. study lies with the Gut- Brain Axis: groundbreaking areas of research acknowledging the “gut” as a second brain of the body, the overwhelming importance of the microbiome in health at all levels - including mental health, and the role of the vagus nerve .
