Our Team:
Michael Graul, Osteopath
My fascination with the human body began when I started working out to improve for sports when I was 17. As I gained weight and strength, I was curious how the human body was able to do this. Curious and determined to figure this out, I started my school journey in 2011-2013 at Conestoga College taking Fitness and Health Promotion, graduating with honors and distinction. This program gave me the introduction I wanted to know for sports performance and how the body works, but it wasn’t enough.
From 2013-2016 I went to the University of Guelph-Humber to complete a degree in Kinesiology to further increase my knowledge. During this time I competed very successfully in natural bodybuilding and powerlifting, winning multiple first places in the categories I competed in both respective sports. Before graduation, I had a bad fall, which forever changed my life for the better. I was in constant pain and sought out treatment from every imaginable profession: physiotherapy, chiropractic, acupuncture, pain specialists, PRP injections, and so forth. I got no relief until I found Osteopathy. As I got drastically better in a few treatments, I asked how he was able to make great changes while nobody else could and he told me it was the philosophy and principles of Osteopathy. Not knowing what I wanted to do after University I suddenly knew in that moment I wanted to become an Osteopath. I was able to get into the 2016-Fall class at the Canadian Academy of Osteopathy in Hamilton. I know what it feels like to be in constant pain, and Osteopathy saved me from a life of pain. I want to provide to the public what Osteopathy has provided to me, as no one should have to live in pain. |