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Definitions of osteopathy in various dictionaries:
noun - therapy based on the assumption that restoring health is best accomplished by manipulating the skeleton and muscles
A system of medicine based on the theory that disturbances in the musculoskeletal system affect other bodily parts, causing many disorders that can be corrected by various manipulative techniques in conjunction with conventional medical, surgical, pharmacological, and other therapeutic procedures.
OSTEOPATHY - Osteopathy is a type of alternative medicine that emphasizes manual re adj ustments, myofascial release and other physical manipulation of muscle tiss...
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| As opposed to an M.D., a D.O. is a doctor of this holistic practice |
| D.O. can stand for doctor of this, using manipulative therapy as well as conventional medicine |
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| A system of medicine based on the theory that disturbances in the musculoskeletal system affect other bodily parts, causing many disorders that can be corrected by various manipulative techniques in conjunction with conventional medical, surgical, pharmacological, and other therapeutic procedures. |
| a system of complementary medicine involving the treatment of medical disorders through the manipulation and massage of the skeleton and musculature. |
| therapy based on the assumption that restoring health is best accomplished by manipulating the skeleton and muscles |
| the treatment of injuries to bones and muscles using pressure and movement |
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| Osteopathy is a type of alternative medicine that emphasizes manual readjustments, myofascial release and other physical manipulation of muscle tissue and bones. Practitioners of osteopathy are referred to as osteopaths. Its name derives from Ancient Greek "bone" () and "sensitive to" or "responding to" (-).While the UK's National Health Service says there is "limited evidence to suggest" that osteopathy "may be effective for some types of neck, shoulder or lower limb pain and recovery after hip or knee operations", it acknowledges that there is no evidence that osteopathy is effective as a treatment for health conditions "unrelated" to the bones and muscles, "such as headaches, migraines, painful periods, digestive disorders, depression and excessive crying in babies (colic)"; an explicit reference to the claims of osteopathic manipulative medicine. Others have concluded that osteopathic style manipulation "failed to produce compelling evidence" for efficacy in treating musculoskelet |