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Osteopathy
A form of alternative healthcare that emphasizes the interrelationship between structure and function of the body, as well as the body's ability to heal itself. It aims to facilitate the healing process through the practice of manual and manipulative therapy.
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Osteopathy
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 behaviors). This ...
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 external conformations ...
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.
