Osteopathy

Osteopathy

A form of alternative healthcare that emphasizes the interrelationship between structure and function of the body, as well as the body's ability to heal itself. It aims to facilitate the healing process through the practice of manual and manipulative therapy.

Industry: Alternative therapy

Add a new term

Contributors in Osteopathy

Become a Contributors

Osteopathy

segment

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

1. A portion of a larger body or structure set off by natural or arbitrarily established boundaries, often equated with spinal segment. 2. To describe a single vertebrae or a vertebral segment ...

bilateral sacral flexion

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

1. A sacral somatic dysfunction that involves rotation of the sacrum about a middle transverse axis such that the sacral base has moved anteriorly between the pelvic bones. Forward movement of the ...

sacral base anterior

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

bilateral sacral extension

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

1. A sacral somatic dysfunction that involves rotation of the sacrum about a middle transverse axis such that the sacral base has moved posteriorly relative to the pelvic bones. Backward movement of ...

sacral base posterior

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

trigger point

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

1. A small hypersensitive site that, when stimulated, consistently produces a reflex mechanism that gives rise to referred pain and/or other manifestations in a consistent reference zone that is ...

myofascial trigger point

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

1. A small hypersensitive site that, when stimulated, consistently produces a reflex mechanism that gives rise to referred pain and/or other manifestations in a consistent reference zone that is ...