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.

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strain

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

1. Stretching injuries of muscle tissue. 2. Distortion with deformation of tissue.

lordosis

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

1. The anterior convexity in the curvature of the lumbar and cervical spine as viewed from the side. The term is used to refer to abnormally increased curvature (hollow back, saddle back, sway back) ...

dermatome

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

1. The area of skin supplied by cutaneous branches from a single spinal nerve. (Neighboring dermatomes may overlap.) 2. Cutis plate; the dorsolateral part of an embryonic somite.

circumduction

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

1. The circular movement of a limb. 2. The rotary movement by which a structure is made to describe a cone, the apex of the cone being a fixed point (e.g., the circular movement of the shoulder).

compliance

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

1. The ease with which a tissue may be deformed. 2. Direction of ease in motion testing.

red reflex

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

1. The erythematous biochemical reaction (reactive hyperemia) of the skin in an area that has been stimulated mechanically by friction. The reflex is greater in degree and duration in an area of ...

kyphosis

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

1. The exaggerated (pathologic) A-P curve of the thoracic spine with concavity anteriorly. 2. Abnormally increased convexity in the curvature of the thoracic spine as viewed from the side.