What is Ortho-Bionomy?
Hi, I’m Janine McCarthy.
I’m an Advanced Practitioner & Instructor of Ortho-Bionomy with over 20 years in clinical practice. I’m registered with Ortho-Bionomy Australia, Ortho-Bionomy New Zealand and the Society of Ortho-Bionomy International. I’m also a certified Ketogenic Diet Health Coach.
Ortho-Bionomy was developed by an osteopath in the 1970s and has become a leading somatic therapy that’s safe and suitable for all ages. It creates a deep sense of safety and activates the body’s natural ability to correct itself.
There's no need for forceful manipulations or deep pressure on painful 'trigger points'. The body remembers how to return to its natural alignment, ease and comfort.
Ortho-Bionomy provides lasting relief and recovery from acute and chronic pain and tension, injury rehabilitation, post-surgery and postpartum recovery. It’s effective for back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain & more.
It’s even gentle on the practitioner’s body too so you don’t feel achy and exhausted at the end of a day working with clients.
My Approach
I believe that by following our biological blueprint we harness our body’s innate self-healing intelligence. This is how we free ourselves from chronic health problems and restore our authentic wellbeing.
My teachers were some of the first students of Dr. Arthur Lincoln Pauls, founder of Ortho-Bionomy.
I’m a leader in my field and committed to excellence in the practice and teaching of Ortho-Bionomy, serving as chair of the board of directors of Ortho-Bionomy Australia (OBA), the Instructor Review Committee (IRC) of the Society of Ortho-Bionomy International and currently as chair of OBA’s IRC.
My aim is to bring this gentle, non-force, non-invasive pain-relief method to the wider community by teaching the next generations of practitioners and teachers.
Ortho-Bionomy Practitioner training is flexible, part-time, self-paced, pay-as-you-go and easy to fit into any schedule. You can start as a complete beginner and take the whole program to qualify as a Practitioner or take classes as needed to add skills to your existing practice if you’re already a bodywork therapist. If you’re interested in learning this gentle, non-invasive, non-force bodywork method, click the button below to learn more about Ortho-Bionomy Practitioner training.
I continue to work on unlearning the biases I inherited and learned as a white woman growing up in a colonised country with a history of attempted genocide of its First Nations People and current-day systemic and social racism. My journey towards inclusion in my business and life continues. Read my diversity, equity & inclusion statement here.
“We must learn to fly within ourselves, and launch ourselves into spaces where we see no landing place. This is the only real courage.””