Osteopathy was developed by Andrew Taylor Still, a doctor in America in the 1800s. The word osteopathy was created by combining the Greek words osteon (bone) and pathos (pain). As a result of manual applications on the movement system, the body has time to correct itself. Well-known, Taylor said about this; "Find, fix and leave alone." The aim is for the body to heal itself through the autoregulation mechanism.
He founded the American School of Osteopathy in 1892. American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine' According to, "Osteopathic medicine is a distinctive form of medical care based on the philosophy that all body systems are interrelated and interconnected for good health." In the Western world, Dr Still is considered the first doctor to treat each patient as a whole, while investigating the cause of the dysfunction rather than treating the symptoms. ''The osteopath is a human engineer who must understand all the sub-mechanisms and laws in the human body that govern the underlying disease.'' A. Taylor Still.
Today, Osteopaths consider humans as a "Biopsychosocial" being. Genetic factors, psychological factors and environmental factors are effective in the pathologies that occur in us, and all of them need to be evaluated. Osteopathic treatment Parietal Osteopathy (musculoskeletal system) It works with 3 main treatment principles: Visceral Osteopathy (internal organs), CranioSacral therapy (skull and coccyx)
What does an osteopath look for? The answer to this is "limitation of movement". The osteopath looks for limitation of movement in tissues such as bones, muscles, nerves, organs and fascia in the body, gives corrective warnings and enables the body to initiate its self-healing mechanism.
Principles of Osteopathy:
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Movement
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Circulation
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Holistic approach
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Autoregulation (self-healing mechanism)
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Structure and function harmony
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