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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 
mobile segment
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
A term in functional methods to describe a bony structure with its articular surfaces and adnexal tissues (neuromuscular and connective) for segmental motion which affects ...
palpatory diagnosis
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
A term used by osteopathic practitioners to denote the process of palpating the patient to evaluate the structure and function of the neuromusculoskeletal and visceral systems.
still point
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
A term used to identify and describe the temporary cessation of the rhythmic motion of the primary respiratory mechanism. It may occur during osteopathic manipulative treatment ...
allopathy
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
A therapeutic system in which a disease is treated by producing a second condition that is incompatible with or antagonistic to the first.
bogginess
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
A tissue texture abnormality characterized principally by a palpable sense of sponginess in the tissue, interpreted as resulting from congestion due to increased fluid content.
lumbarization
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
A transitional segment in which the first sacral segment becomes like an additional lumbar vertebra articulating with the second sacral segment.
integrated neuromusculoskeletal release (INR)
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
A treatment system in which combined procedures are designed to stretch and reflexly release patterned soft tissue and joint-related restrictions. Both direct and indirect methods ...
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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)