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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 
inflared innominate
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
A somatic dysfunction of the innominate (os coxae) resulting in medial positioning of the anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS). The innominate moves more freely in a medial ...
homeostatic mechanism
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
A system of control activated by negative feedback.
visceral manipulation (VIS)
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
A system of diagnosis and treatment directed to the viscera to improve physiologic function. Typically, the viscera are moved toward their fascial attachments to a point of ...
ventral techniques
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
A system of diagnosis and treatment directed to the viscera to improve physiologic function. Typically, the viscera are moved toward their fascial attachments to a point of ...
soft tissue (ST)
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
A system of diagnosis and treatment directed toward tissues other than skeletal or arthrodial elements.
myofascial release (MFR)
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
A system of diagnosis and treatment first described by Andrew Taylor Still and his early students, which engages continual palpatory feedback to achieve release of myofascial ...
progressive inhibition of neuromuscular structures (PINS)
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
A system of diagnosis and treatment in which the osteopathic practitioner locates two related points and sequentially applies inhibitory pressure along a series of related points.
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)