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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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Alternative therapy > Osteopathy

osteopathic postural examination

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

The part of the osteopathic musculoskeletal examination that focuses on the static and dynamic responses of the body to gravity while in the erect position.

Trendelenburg test

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

The patient, with back to the examiner, is told to lift first one foot and then the other. The position and movements of the gluteal fold are watched. When standing on the ...

inferior lateral angle (ILA) sacrum

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

The point on the lateral surface of the sacrum where it curves medially to the body of the fifth sacral vertebrae.

sidebent

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

The position of any one or several vertebral bodies after sidebending has occurred.

Osteopathic Medicine

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

The preferred term for a complete system of medical care practiced by physicians with an unlimited license that is represented by a philosophy that combines the needs of the ...

elastic barrier

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

The range between the physiologic and anatomic barrier of motion in which passive ligamentous stretching occurs before tissue disruption.

symphyseal shear

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

The resultant of an action or force causing or tending to cause the two parts of the symphysis to slide relative to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact. ...