Osteopathy is the science of the musculoskeletal system which involves manual external manipulation of the skeletal system and organs to treat the patient
Principles of osteopathy:
- Our body is one unit.
- The functions and structure of the body are interelated
- Our body has its own self regulatory mechanisms.
- Each body has the inherent capacity to heal and repair itself.
- Diseases ensue when the normal balance of the body is disturbed by external or internal influences like the environment. The movement of body fluids is essential to the maintenance of health.
- The nervous system plays a important part in controlling the fliuds of the body.
- Each disease has related somatic components that are not just manifestations of the disease but they also affect the maintanence of the disease.
Now that we have understood what is a doctor of osteopathy, let us try and see all the conditions that can greatly benefit with this kind of treatment.
• All types of sprians and strains of any bone and joints.
• As an adjunct to medical treatment in arthritis, the holistic component of this treatment is especially useful.
• All types of chronic back aches, even in pregnancy.
• Many childhood skeletal growth conditions and developmental disorders.
The scope of osteopathic manipulative medicine is very vast, from treating minor skeletal problems to major illnesses, the goal of this treatment is to re-establish self regulatory mechanisms of the body. Most of the chinese medicine clinics will have this kind of treatmnet as an adjunct to all their therapies.