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Alternative therapy
Preventative and therapeutic health care practices, such as acupuncture, naturopathy, chiropractic, homeopathy and herbal medicine. Generally do not follow accepted medical methods. May not require medical explanations for their success or use.
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coronal plane
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
A plane passing longitudinally through the body from one side to the other, and dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions.
frontal plane
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
A plane passing longitudinally through the body from one side to the other, and dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions.
posterior sacrum
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
A positional term based on the Strachan model referring to a sacral somatic dysfunction in which the sacral base has rotated posterior and sidebent to the side opposite to the ...
anterior sacrum
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
A positional term based on the Strachan model referring to sacral somatic dysfunction in which the sacral base has rotated anterior and sidebent to the side opposite the rotation. ...
traction technique
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
A procedure of high or low amplitude in which the parts are stretched or separated along a longitudinal axis with continuous or intermittent force.
unilateral sacral extension
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
A sacral somatic dysfunction described as a superior shear of one side of the sacrum resulting in a shallow (full) sacral sulcus and ipsilateral superior-anterior inferolateral ...
unilateral sacral flexion
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
A sacral somatic dysfunction described as an inferior shear of one side of the sacrum resulting in a deep sacral sulcus and ipsilateral inferior-posterior inferolateral angle of ...
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- Acupuncture (951)
- Alternative psychotherapy (75)
- Aromatherapy (84)
- Ayurveda (93)
- Back flower remedies (81)
- Chromotherapy (81)
- Diet therapy (123)
- Homeopathy (131)
- Hydrotherapy (34)
- Magneto therapy (29)
- Naturopathy (73)
- Osteopathy (439)
- Reflexology (38)
- Reiki (27)
- Shiatsu (33)