Osteopathy is a non-medical manual treatment grounded on the deep knowledge of anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, and neurology. Practitioners of Osteopathic manipulative medicine follow the theory that imbalances in the human structure contribute to, or are directly related to, the development and/or maintenance of disease. Osteopathic practitioners recognize the fact that the human body is self-regulating and self-healing and will strive for health if given the chance. The role of the Osteopathic manipulative practitioner is to encourage this self-healing capacity through manual treatment – to convert the physical into the physiological. Osteopathy’s main contribution to the medical sciences is this unique viewpoint and understanding of the relationships between disease and dysfunction.
Osteopathy is founded one of the safe and effective applications of the following principles:
