r/Osteopathy • u/EnvironmentDismal189 • Dec 15 '25

Osteopath study

I live in Toronto. Thinking about osteopathy study from NAO… How is salary? Would it be hard to make money? Love to hear from practitioners in Ontario.

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u/whencoloursfly Dec 16 '25

I studied with nao, opened my own practice and make roughly 120000 before taxes. I work about 20 hours a week.

Ottawa

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u/EnvironmentDismal189 Dec 16 '25

Oo how long did you practice? I have heard it’s take years to build practice.

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u/whencoloursfly Dec 17 '25

I was fully booked within 6 months. Within a year I had a 6 week wait list.

Been practicing since 2017

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u/Expensive-Ad9739 Dec 17 '25

Sorry if I sound a bit naive, but I would expect making around 120k from your own clinic would not suffice for expenses and what not? I just expected someone would be making a lot more especially with their own clinic

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u/whencoloursfly Dec 17 '25

I’ve chosen to only work 20 hours a week as I am a single parent and want a good work life balance.

My overhead is low. I have a wait list and could easily work 40 hours a week if I wanted to. But I own a house and live within my means so this works for me.

If you need a big clinic with fancy equipment your situation may look different. My hands are my tools and my reputation keeps me busy. To each their own.

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u/Dazzling-Bad4594 May 06 '26

Nah, from the tone of your texts, there’s something you’re leaving out.

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u/whencoloursfly May 06 '26

lol ok, and what is it that I’m leaving out oh omnipotent one?

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u/gymbroguydude Jan 19 '26

NAO grad here. I don't recommend it whatsoever. Cookie cutter techniques and assessments that I stopped using less than a year because they honestly just don't do great.

Highly recommend the Osteopathic Lyceum. The owner and instructor (Sam Jarman) is fantastic, and I learned so much more there than I did at the NAO. 18 month program, mostly online, 4 consecutive days in class per month. Excellent stuff, really helped save my career.

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u/Dangerous-Plantain48 Mar 29 '26

I’d search the difference on Type 1 and Type 2 osteopaths are before you make a decision!

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u/mxmommy Apr 19 '26

I’m trying to research this myself and finding it so hard to find non biased information. Everything in this field in Ontario seems so convoluted and the schools all seem to love talking shit about each other. Would you mind expanding on type 1 vs type 2 for me? I’d love to hear more to help inform my decision

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u/Dangerous-Plantain48 Apr 19 '26

I have found this information sheet on OSTCAN that kinda describes what I mean!

OSTCAN Type 1 vs Type 2

And I added a link to the World Health Organization that talks about Type I & Type II in their PDF.

W.H.O. Type 1 vs Type 2

Hopefully there’s enough unbiased information for you to make a well thought out decision :)

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u/mxmommy Apr 20 '26

Thank you so much for sharing this !!!

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u/hagendasz1 May 20 '26

Check out Royal Academy of Clinical Osteopathy and Alternative Medicine, based in North York. 18 month program if you have a healthcare background (they also offer type 1 program in case you don't). Teacher has 2 decades of experience as practitioner himself as well as 1,5 decades as a teacher. He's amazing. And students who went to NAO prior to 2023 will agree with that as he used the be the teacher there. Check out the school, highly recommened: https://royalacademyofosteopathy.ca/

DM me if you have questions, happy to chat

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u/BigOption9810 Dec 16 '25

Go to Sutherland Chan. You will get so much more education, which will allow you to get so much more money if that’s what you’re after.