About Deanna
Deanna Brenneman
Bsc (Hons) Ost., OP
Deanna moved to Vancouver Island in December of 2014 and is enjoying her home helping the residents of Oceanside area that want to enhance their wellbeing or recover from an injury or surgery and return to their normal state of health.
Deanna has been a health practitioner since 1993, first in the Kitchener-Waterloo region of Ontario prior to moving to the Oceanside area. She completed a 5 year part-time program at the Canadian College of Osteopathy in Toronto in 2005. She then completed her designation as an Osteopathic Manual Practitioner in 2008, after conducting and defending her quantitative (measured) thesis – “The Impact of Osteopathic Treatment on the Central Line of Gravity in Women with Tongue Piercing: A Pilot Study”. She continually updates her education often, as seen in the “other courses completed” segment below, along with completing a conversion course from London Metropolitan University facilitated by the British College of Osteopathic Medicine for her BSc (Hons) Osteopathy in 2013.
She is also trained in Manual Lymph Drainage using the Vodder method completing her certificate in Walschee, Austria home of the Vodder School in 1994. This was only a year after graduating Massage school in 1993 at D’Arcy Lane Institute in London, Ontario where she held the RMT designation for 19 years till December 2012. She has acquired knowledge along with experience in EFT, Acupuncture, Applied Kinesiology, Therapeutic Ultrasound and Reiki after taking these courses throughout the years.
Deanna is currently a member of OsteopathyBC/Society for the Promotion of Manual Practice Osteopathy (SPMPO) in British Columbia.
Deanna is a member of the Rotary Club of Qualicum Beach and she enjoys playing golf, activities involving nature, working out especially with TRX, biking, travelling and of course walking her two dogs Toby and Raven.
Deanna loves continuing to learn and to help treat her patients more efficiently.
Advanced Osteopathic and Other Courses Completed:
2024
- Specific Adjustment Technique (Level 1) with Gerald Lamb DO (UK)
- Fascial Chains – Brad McCutcheon DOMP
- Webinars attended by OBC association – Tax Help for Small Businesses, Medical Ethics and Informed Consent, Osteopathy and its role supporting women with endometriosis.
- St. John’s First Aid and CPR 3yr recertification
2023
- Recovering the Lost Osteopathic Gems of B Arbuckle DO – Marianne H-Paul DO (US)
- Webinars attended by OBC and OAO Associations – Vestibular rehabilitation, Demystifying BCs Privacy Laws, Endometriosis Presentation – Dr. M Leonardi, Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders
2022
- The Forgotten Techniques of William G Sutherland DO – Jane Stark DOMP
- Embryology Palpation and Treatment of Patterns in Adults – Brad McCutcheon DOMP
- Webinars attended by OBC and OAO Associations – Clinical trends in Concussion, Pelvis review, Deciphering neurological tessting and identifying red and orange flags, balancing evidence based practic and osteopathic identity,
2021 & 2020
- Webinars attended offered by OsteopathyBC, Ontario Association of Osteopathic Manual Practitioners – topics such as Thyroid Dysfunction, Surgical Scars & Burns, Management of Concussions, Breast Feeding Difficulties, Considerations in Respiratory Conditions, Chapman’s Reflexes, Pelvic Floor Dysfunctions, Fascia as a Sensory & Emotional Organ…
- World Fascia Congress 1st&2nd
2019
- Rule of the Artery with Brad McCutcheon DOMP
- Palpable Osteopathy: Optimize Your Osteopathic Practice Part 2 with Robert Morelli DOMP
2018
- Pediatric Course with Alain Bouchard
- Palpable Osteopathy: Optimize Your Osteopathic Practice with Robert Morelli DOMP
- The Still Techniques with Dr. Pierre J. Bachand
2017
- Normalizing the Abdominal Brain and the Harmonization of the Brain-Intestine Axis
- Intro to Biomechanic Functional Biodynamic Course
2016
- The Growing Skull and the Injured Child
- Paediatrics Course
- How to successfully evaluate patients with whiplash
2014
- AAMET Combined Levels 1&2 EFT
- The Osteopathic Approach of John Martin Little
2013
- Aquastretch Course – Myofascial Release in the water
- London Metropolitan University facilitated by BCOM London England-BSc (Hons) Osteopathy Conversion Course
2011
- Workshop on Fasciae
- Teach to Reach
- Osteo-articular Adjusting Minimal Lever
2010
- Ligamentous Articular Strain and Advanced
2009
- Orthopedic Assessment of the Musculosketal Systems I & II
2006
- Structural/Functional: Integrated approach to spinal assessment & treatment
- Endocranial Spasm III
2005
- Endocranial Spasm I&II
2004
- Osteopathic clinical embryology workshop
2003
- The therapeutic effectiveness of osteopathy
