Lenora Klassen
Lenora Klassen is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and an author. She brings a trauma-informed lens to her practice of osteopathic based physiotherapy. This approach is geared towards those with complex pain and trauma that often result in body pain as well as autoimmune disorders and other medical conditions.
Lenora takes a whole person approach to the health of her clients, integrating body, mind, and emotions. She believes that optimal healing requires a sense of safety both in our surroundings and from within. Lenora strives to create and hold a safe space for her clients as they journey the healing process as well as to teach and guide clients to a deeper sense of inner safety.
Lenora lives, works, and plays on unceded Indigenous land with great humility and respect for the peoples who lived, worked, and played on this land before her.
My education
I am committed to further learning and have studied extensively with the Barral Institute, Upledger Institute, Chikly Institute and have dabbled in training from Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing.
I am a Certified Practitioner for both Visceral Manipulation and Neural Manipulation as well as a Certified Teachers Assistant for both. The process of certification has elevated my understanding of the work to higher levels and elevated the precision of my hands.
I am a Certified Teachers Assistant for the following classes:
- Visceral Manipulation 1-6
- Listening Techniques 1 and 2
- Neural Manipulation 1-4
- Visceral Vascular Manipulation Upper and Lower
- Visceral Pediatrics
- Vagus Nerve and Autonomic Nervous System
In addition, I have taken the following classes:
- Advanced Visceral Neck and Thorax
- Manual Articular Spine/Pelvis, Upper
- Strategic Crossroads
- Clinical Applications Disc Disorders
- Physiological and Endocrine Effects
- Neural Manipulation 5
- Neuro-visceral manipulation thorax and abdomen
- Clinical Applications – 5 levels
- VM clinical integration -Concussion Management
- Visceral Dissection
- CranioSacral 1-2
- SomatoEmotional Release 1-2
- Fascial Membrane Technique – Cavities, Extremities
- Stecco Fascial Manipulation Level 1
- Lymph Drainage Techniques 1-3
- Brain 1-4 (Chikly)
- Lymph applications to Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, MS and Chronic Neuroinflammations
- Somatic Experiencing (Peter Levine)
- Orthopeadic Division Level 2 upper and lower
- And more…
About my treatment style
My desire to make a real difference in peoples’ health led me to a hands on approach. After treating complicated injuries with only modest improvement I began to pursue training in another form of hands on treatment. Thus, I am now trained in cranio-sacral therapy, visceral and neural manipulation with an osteopathic approach.
This can be of particular benefit for those who suffer from chronic pain or who have had multiple injuries, surgeries or medical conditions where traditional physiotherapy has failed. The reasons this method is effective is because it directly addresses adhesion that form in the neural system (brain, skull and spinal cord), and organs (abdominal, thoracic and pelvic). These can also have an effect on the endocrine system such as the thyroid and adrenals.
The following are an example of conditions that might benefit from this approach:
- Migraine Headaches
- Chronic Neck and Back Pain
- Motor-Coordination Impairments
- Colic
- Autism
- Central Nervous System Disorders
- Orthopedic Problems
- Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries
- Scoliosis
- Infantile Disorders
- Learning Disabilities
- Chronic Fatigue
- Emotional Difficulties
- Stress and Tension-Related Problems
- Fibromyalgia and other Connective-Tissue Disorders
- Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome (TMJ)
- Neurovascular or Immune Disorders
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Post-Surgical Dysfunction
If you wonder if a condition might benefit from this treatment, please contact me and I will let you know if an assessment might be right for you.