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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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linkage
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
Dysfunctional segmental behavior where a single vertebra and an adjacent rib respond to the same regional motion tests with identical asymmetric behaviors (rather than opposing ...
Wolff law
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
Every change in form and function of a bone, or in its function alone, is followed by certain definite changes in its internal architecture, and secondary alterations in its ...
isokinetic exercise
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
Exercise using a constant speed of movement of the body part.
models of osteopathic care
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
Five models that articulate how an osteopathic practitioner seeks to influence a patient’s physiological processes.
typical posture
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
Flexion at the hip and sidebending of the lumbar spine to the side of the most hypertonic psoas muscle.
regional extension
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
Historically, the straightening in the sagittal plane of a spinal region.
sensitization
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
Hypothetically, a shortlived (minutes or hours) increase in central nervous system (CNS) response to repeated sensory stimulation that generally follows habituation.
Sub-categories
- 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)