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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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lumbosacral lordotic angle angle
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
An objective quantification of lumbar lordosis typically determined by measuring the angle between the superior surface of the second lumbar vertebra and the superior surface of ...
Lovett law
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
An observed association between the superior and inferior vertebrae, which are paired two by two. The cervical and superior thoracic biomechanics act in a synchronous manner with ...
Traube-Herring-Mayer wave
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
An oscillation that has been measured in association with blood pressure, heart rate, cardiac contractility, pulmonary blood flow, cerebral blood flow and movement of the ...
respiratory cooperation
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
An osteopathic practitioner-directed inhalation and/ or exhalation by the patient to assist the manipulative treatment process.
Strain-Counterstrain
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
An osteopathic system of diagnosis and indirect treatment in which the patient’s somatic dysfunction, diagnosed by (an) associated myofascial tenderpoint(s), is treated by using a ...
high velocity/low amplitude technique (HVLA)
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
An osteopathic technique employing a rapid, therapeutic force of brief duration that travels a short distance within the anatomic range of motion of a joint, and that engages the ...
exaggeration method
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
An osteopathic treatment strategy by which the dysfunctional component is carried away from the restrictive barrier and beyond the range of voluntary motion to a point of palpably ...
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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)