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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 
strain
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
1. Stretching injuries of muscle tissue. 2. Distortion with deformation of tissue.
lordosis
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
1. The anterior convexity in the curvature of the lumbar and cervical spine as viewed from the side. The term is used to refer to abnormally increased curvature (hollow back, ...
dermatome
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
1. The area of skin supplied by cutaneous branches from a single spinal nerve. (Neighboring dermatomes may overlap.) 2. Cutis plate; the dorsolateral part of an embryonic somite.
circumduction
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
1. The circular movement of a limb. 2. The rotary movement by which a structure is made to describe a cone, the apex of the cone being a fixed point (e.g., the circular movement ...
compliance
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
1. The ease with which a tissue may be deformed. 2. Direction of ease in motion testing.
red reflex
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
1. The erythematous biochemical reaction (reactive hyperemia) of the skin in an area that has been stimulated mechanically by friction. The reflex is greater in degree and ...
kyphosis
Alternative therapy; Osteopathy
1. The exaggerated (pathologic) A-P curve of the thoracic spine with concavity anteriorly. 2. Abnormally increased convexity in the curvature of the thoracic spine as viewed from ...
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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)