Osteopathic Treatment for Sleep Disorders Osteopathic medicine is a system of healthcare practice that focuses on the entire patient from nutrition and emotional stressors, to their spiritual life and musculoskeletal system. The theory in osteopathic medicine is that the whole person affects the person’s health. Everything is considered to be interdependent and the musculoskeletal system…
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Osteopathic Treatment Of Muscular Strains
Osteopathic Treatment of Muscular Strains Osteopathic treatment is the treatment of the body as a whole. The osteopathic physician, or D.O. (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine) also believes that healing comes from within. The treatment of osteopathic medicine is done by manipulation, stretching, ice, rest, exercises and other similar treatments. Osteopathic medicine is not to be…
Cranial Osteopathy- What Is It
What is cranial osteopathy Cranial osteopathy is a branch of osteopathic medicine in which the physician uses their hands to facilitate movement between the skull bones. In the mid-1930s Dr. Sutherland helped to develop and teach cranial osteopathy. He emphasized that the cranial concept was only an extension of, and not separate from, the science…