Catherine brings gentle, hands-on care to the muscle pain, joint discomfort, and postural concerns affecting your day

You may be getting through your day while repeatedly noticing a tight shoulder, an aching joint, or discomfort that builds when you sit or stand. Catherine McKenzie, BA (HONS), MOT, offers gentle manual osteopathic care at CARESPACE Health+Wellness in Uptown Waterloo, bringing together hands-on training, experience supporting healthcare teams, and an ongoing role helping teach osteopathic techniques.

Choosing osteopathy in Waterloo is also about choosing someone you feel comfortable working with. Catherine’s background combines clinical communication experience with the practical attention involved in demonstrating techniques, observing their application, and helping others develop their skills. Her focus is on helping you improve mobility, reduce discomfort, and work toward greater ease in everyday life.

Whether you want to turn your head more comfortably, feel less restricted during your workday, or enjoy walking without constantly thinking about an uncomfortable joint, those everyday priorities matter. Catherine’s care centres on the person experiencing the discomfort—not simply the area where it happens to appear.

You can seek Catherine’s support for a broad range of concerns, with particular attention to muscular pain, joint pain, and posture

Catherine McKenzie, BA (HONS), MOT, is a Manual Osteopathic Therapist whose practice extends beyond her three main areas of interest. Alongside muscular pain, joint pain, and postural issues, she offers osteopathic support for concerns including back and neck pain, shoulder and wrist discomfort, sports-related injuries, and walking difficulties. Her practice includes care during adolescence, adulthood, and your senior years.

Her background in audiology support adds a distinctive dimension to her work. Through roles in both clinic and hospital settings, she developed experience communicating during healthcare appointments, assisting medical professionals, and working collaboratively within a team.

For you, that combination brings together practical osteopathic knowledge and familiarity with the human side of healthcare: explaining what you are experiencing, making space for questions, and working toward goals that have meaning in your own life.

Your care connects what you are feeling with what you want to do more comfortably

Your appointment gives you an opportunity to describe more than where you hurt. You can explain when discomfort appears, which movements feel restricted, and how your symptoms affect work, recreation, or ordinary daily tasks. Within CARESPACE’s assessment-led approach, your history and hands-on assessment help inform the discussion about treatment and next steps.

Catherine’s gentle osteopathic care focuses on supporting mobility and reducing discomfort. The aim is to connect hands-on treatment with practical priorities, whether that means reaching more comfortably, moving with less hesitation, or managing the physical demands of your routine. Your experience and response to care remain important parts of that conversation.

At CARESPACE Uptown Waterloo, your care can also connect with other disciplines when appropriate. Physiotherapy, chiropractic care, massage therapy, or kinesiology may complement your osteopathic treatment, depending on your needs. This reflects CARESPACE’s person-focused, evidence-based, coordinated approach: different professional perspectives contributing to shared goals, rather than treating each concern as a separate project.

Catherine’s osteopathic education and teaching experience give you a clear foundation for confidence in her care

Catherine earned her Diploma in Manual Osteopathic Therapy from Osteopathic Lyceum in Hamilton, Ontario, in 2025. Her osteopathic studies also included the Canadian Academy of Osteopathy. She is registered with the Canadian Massage & Manual Osteopathic Therapy Association, known as CMMOTA. Her education provides the foundation for the hands-on osteopathic care she brings to your appointments.

Since September 2025, Catherine has served as an Assistant Instructor at Osteopathic Lyceum. Her responsibilities include demonstrating osteopathic techniques, observing technical practice, providing feedback, and supervising the classroom clinical setting. That role keeps her involved in the practical details of how techniques are performed and explained—an important BA complement to working with you directly.

Her education also includes a Communicative Disorders Assistant Graduate Certificate with Distinction from St. Lawrence College and a Bachelor of Arts, Honours Sociology, from Wilfrid Laurier University. Combined with her experience at Cambridge Audiology and St. Joseph’s Hospital, this background brings communication, teamwork, and practical healthcare experience into her osteopathic practice.

Your muscular pain, joint discomfort, and postural concerns are considered in terms of the life you want to get back to

Catherine’s particular interests sit within her broader osteopathic practice. They provide additional focus when muscular pain, joint discomfort, or postural issues are making familiar activities feel more demanding than they should.

With muscular pain, you may notice that discomfort changes how you approach the day. Turning to check your surroundings, carrying a bag, or settling into a comfortable position can require more thought than it used to. Catherine’s gentle, hands-on approach is directed toward reducing discomfort and supporting movement. Rather than thinking only about whether an area feels sore, you can bring attention to the activities that matter: moving your neck more comfortably, using your arms with greater ease, or finishing your usual routine with less disruption.

With joint pain, your priorities may be equally specific. You might want to reach a shelf, use your wrist during everyday tasks, or walk more comfortably. Catherine’s practice includes osteopathic support for arthritis-related discomfort and concerns affecting areas such as the shoulders, wrists, feet, and ankles. The aim is not to promise the same result for every joint problem, but to consider how osteopathic care may fit your needs and support meaningful improvements in comfort and function.

For postural issues, the starting point may be the discomfort you notice during desk work, standing, or repeated tasks. You do not need to arrive with an explanation for why it happens. Describing where you feel strain, when it develops, and what you find difficult gives the discussion a practical focus. Your postural concerns can then be considered alongside your muscular discomfort, joint symptoms, and movement goals.

Across these areas, the purpose remains personal: helping you work toward the movements and activities you would like to approach with greater comfort and confidence.

Take the next step toward moving more comfortably with Catherine

Book your first appointment with Catherine today and begin working toward less discomfort, easier movement, and greater confidence in the everyday activities that matter to you.