What Is Osteopathy?
Osteopathy is a noninvasive form of manual therapy, which improves overall health through manipulation of the body’s structure. The goal of a manual Osteopath is to determine the cause of the effect the body is producing. A key principle in Osteopathy is that structure and function in the human body are interrelated. In health, the body seeks to regulate and maintain balance within and between its systems. Detailed knowledge of anatomy and physiology guide the treatment, which aims to positively affect all the systems of the body. This relationship through treatment is used to stimulate the self-healing and the self-regulatory function of the human body. A wide variety of approaches are used to resolve dysfunctions in all areas of the body.
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Who is Osteopathy for?
- Acute and Chronic injuries,
- Neck pain,
- Back pain,
- Headaches,
- TMJ,
- Tennis elbow/golfers elbow,
- Sciatica, Plantars fasciaitis,
- Postural issues,
- sports injuries ,
- Pregnancy related back pain
- Vertigo,
- Disc herniations,
- Nerve, impingements,
- Scoliosis, Kyphosis,
- Muscular strains,
- Tendonitis,
- Frozen, shoulder,
- Menstrual pain,
- Sinus issues,
- Sports injuries,
- Whiplash injuries
- Repetitive,
“I am fully convinced that God, of the mind of nature, has proven his ability to plan (if plan be necessary) and to make or furnish laws of self, without patterns, for the myriads of forms of animated beings, and to thoroughly equip them for the duties of life, with their engines and batteries of motor force all in action.” A.T. Still
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History of Osteopathy
Dr. Andrew Taylor Still developed osteopathy in 1874. When he was 10 years old he was suffering from a headache so he made a sling from rope and slung it between two trees. He went to sleep with the sling behind his neck and when he awoke his headache was gone. This was known as the “saint’s rest”. A.T. Still attended the college and physicians and surgeons in Kansas City in the 1860’s. In the coming years he would lose three children to meningitis despite medical efforts used at that time.
Over the next 10 years he devoted himself to the study of anatomy and physiology. Dr. Still believed that all the components necessary for the human body to function were present within the body. He discovered that anatomical derangements within the human body could lead to physiological discord. Through his work and practice Dr. Still found that to stimulate the natural internal self-regulatory and self-healing functions the abnormal derangements needed to be returned to normal. Dr. Still opened the first school of Osteopathy in 1892 in Kirksville, Missouri.
A. T. Still (Autobiography)