Lenora

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:

In addition, I have taken the following classes:

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:

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.