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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post-isometric relaxation

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

Immediately following an isometric contraction, the neuromuscular apparatus is in a refractory state during which enhanced passive stretching may be performed. The osteopathic practitioner may take ...

visceral dysfunction

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

Impaired or altered mobility or motility of the visceral system and related fascial, neurological, vascular, skeletal and lymphatic elements.

chronic somatic dysfunction

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

Impairment or altered function of related components of the somatic (body framework) system. It is characterized by tenderness, itching, fibrosis, paresthesias and tissue contraction.

mobile point

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

In counterstrain, the final position of treatment at which tenderness is no longer elicited by palpation of the tender point.

secondary joint motion

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

Involuntary or passive motion of a joint.

superior pubic shear

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

A somatic dysfunction in which one pubic bone is displaced superiorly with relation to its normal mate.

inferior innominate shear

Alternative therapy; Osteopathy

A somatic dysfunction in which the anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) and posterior superior iliac spines (PSIS) are inferior to the contralateral landmarks. The innominate (os coxae) moves more ...