Mother & Baby Osteopathy in Toronto

One visit. You and your baby.

Bring the baby. Bring yourself. Mark Rofail, DOMP, often sees mother and baby together in a single 60-minute appointment.

Before Aches Away, Mark's practice was primarily pre and postpartum care and pediatrics, and he loves working with babies. Osteopathy here is hands-on support alongside your doctor, midwife and pediatrician. It does not replace them.

One booking. Both of you looked after.

See Mark's availability

First visit: 60 minutes · $150 + HST · Baby included · No referral needed

Mark Rofail, DOMPM.OMSc, Canadian Academy of Osteopathy★ 4.8 · 431 Google reviewsTue · Wed · Sat

Mark Rofail

Osteopathic Manual Practitioner · In practice since 2020

For the new parent

For the parent who is used to going last.

If one of these sounds like your week, this visit has a place for you.

You would like a turn.

Appointments have been about the baby, and that makes sense. This one makes room for you too. Mark asks about your back, hips, neck, and how you are feeling in your body.

Feeding and carrying add up.

However you feed, the hours of holding, lifting and leaning ask a lot of your shoulders, wrists and back. Mark looks at how you and your baby are positioned together.

Birth was a big event.

Vaginal or cesarean, you may want someone to ask about your pelvis, low back and core. Your history comes first, and your goals set the direction.

Later keeps moving.

After the next feed, the next nap, the next growth spurt. One booking for both of you means one trip and one slot in a week that is already full.

BOTH

The assessment

Two bodies. One story.

Mark's assessment considers your baby, you, and the routines you share, then sets a starting point and a plan you both fit into.

For your baby

Feeding, settling, and the tension patterns you notice at home. How your baby prefers to turn, latch, lie and be held.

How this informs care: Mark uses gentle hands-on assessment suited to infants. Anything that needs a pediatrician's eyes gets named plainly, and sent that way.

For you

Pregnancy and birth recovery: pelvis and low back, neck and shoulders from feeding and carrying, C-section scar area, the aches you have been calling normal.

How this informs care: Your history sets the priorities. Treatment focuses on the areas your assessment points to, at a pace your body is ready for.

How the two connect

Feeding positions, carrying habits, sleep arrangements. Small patterns shared between your body and your baby's, repeated twenty times a day.

How this informs care: Seeing you together shows Mark things a solo appointment cannot: how you hold, settle and hand over, and where the strain actually sits.

What would make it worthwhile

Feeding more comfortably. Getting through the day with less ache. Feeling like your body is becoming yours again.

How this informs care: Choose a few meaningful measures and a review point together. Continuing should always have a reason you can name.

Osteopathy is hands-on support alongside your medical, midwifery and pediatric care. It does not diagnose or treat medical conditions in infants, and it never replaces those providers. If something needs another assessment, Mark will say so.

The first visit

Come as you are. Baby too.

Your 60-minute appointment includes consultation, assessment and treatment where appropriate, for you and your baby.

Tell us about both of you

Your pregnancy, the birth, feeding so far, and how each of you is actually doing. Bring your questions and your baby's health record if you have it handy.

There is no right way to prepare. A fed baby, a hungry baby, a sleeping baby: all of them are welcome as they are.

A gentle look, together

Mark explains what he is assessing before he starts, for your baby and for you. Feeding and settling breaks are built into the visit, not interruptions of it.

Treatment where appropriate

Gentle, hands-on treatment suited to each of you, adjusted to comfort throughout. You can ask questions, request a change, or stop at any time.

Leave with a plan for the pair of you

What to notice at home, whether follow-up makes sense, and when to review. A plan that fits feeds, naps, and real life, not an ideal schedule.

Why Mark

He was the kid in the treatment room first.

Mark Rofail was born with clubfoot and spent the first seven or eight years of his life as the patient, seeing a specialist while other kids played outside. It is why he works the way he does with babies, and why parents are part of the appointment, not an afterthought.

Before joining Aches Away, his practice was primarily pre and postpartum care and pediatrics. He holds a Master of Osteopathic Manual Sciences (M.OMSc) from the Canadian Academy of Osteopathy (2019), has practised since 2020, and is a member of OSTCAN.

At Aches Away he is the featured osteopath in the Motherhood program, working with people of all ages, from infants to grandparents. Mother and baby together is simply his favourite way to work.

You can arrive tired, emotional, or running twenty minutes behind. There is room for all of that too.

Clear expectations, from the beginning

Your medical care remains central. Osteopathy sits alongside your midwife, OB, family doctor and pediatrician. It never replaces them, and referrals go both ways.

Gentle means gentle. Infant work uses very light pressure. Your treatment is adjusted to your comfort and your stage of recovery, C-section included.

Continuing should have a reason. Agree on a review point. If things are not changing, discuss changing the approach, another assessment, or stopping.

Since 2020

MARK'S OSTEOPATHY PRACTICE

M.OMSc · OSTCAN

CANADIAN ACADEMY OF OSTEOPATHY, 2019

Infants to grandparents

ALL AGES, ONE PRACTITIONER

Your first visit

Start with one visit. For both of you.

Mark currently books Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. You do not need a referral, and you do not need to decide about further care before you have met him.

Motherhood at Aches Away Toronto

2 Carlton St, Suite 707 · Above College Station

Motherhood Osteopathy · Initial assessment & treatment

With Mark Rofail, DOMP

$150 CAD

60 minutes · + HST · Baby included

✓ One 60-minute visit for mother and baby together, baby included in the fee

✓ A full history for you and your baby

✓ Gentle, hands-on assessment of both of you

✓ Treatment where appropriate and with your consent

✓ A conversation about what you would like from your visits

See Mark's availability

First visit: 60 minutes · $150 + HST · Baby included · No referral needed

Follow-up visits: available in 30, 45 and 60 minutes, for you, your baby, or both.

Before you decide

The questions every new parent asks us.

Can my baby and I really be seen in one appointment? +

Yes. That is how Mark often works, and it is the appointment this page is about. When you book the Motherhood osteopathy initial, mention that it is for you and your baby so the visit is set up that way.

If either of you needs a longer or separate visit, Mark will say so at the assessment and help you plan it.

How old does my baby need to be? +

Mark works with infants from the newborn stage onward. If your baby arrived early, spent time in the NICU, or has a medical condition being followed, tell us when you book so he can be prepared and advise if anything should come first.

What if my baby cries, feeds, or needs changing mid-visit? +

Then the visit pauses, the way real life with a baby does. Feeding and settling breaks are part of this appointment's design. Nobody is counting them against you.

Is osteopathy for babies gentle? +

Infant osteopathy uses very gentle, hands-on techniques, and Mark explains what he is doing as he goes. You stay with your baby the whole time, and you can ask him to pause or stop at any point.

It sits alongside your pediatric care, not in place of it. Developmental or medical concerns belong with your pediatrician or family doctor first.

I am still pregnant. Is this for me? +

Yes. Mark supports pregnancies as well as postpartum recovery. When you book, tell us how far along you are and anything your care team has flagged, so your visit is planned properly.

Do I need a referral? Can I use my benefits? +

No referral is needed. You will receive an osteopathy receipt to submit to your insurer. We do not direct bill, so check your plan's osteopathy coverage before your visit.