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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

range of motion technique

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

Active or passive movement of a body part to its physiologic or anatomic limit in any or all planes of motion.

health

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

Adaptive and optimal attainment of physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and environmental well-being.

scaphocephaly

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

A transverse compression of the cranium with a resultant mid-sagittal ridge.

scaphoid head

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

A transverse compression of the cranium with a resultant mid-sagittal ridge.

hatchet head

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

A transverse compression of the cranium with a resultant mid-sagittal ridge.

region

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

An anatomical division of the body defined either by natural, functional or arbitrary boundaries.

rib motion: axis of rib motion

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

An imaginary line through the costotransverse and the costovertebral articulations of the rib.