Osteopathy

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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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.