Osteopathy

Osteopathy concentrates on overall health between the body's nerves, muscles, bones, and organs. Osteopathic medicine is based on the theory that most diseases are related to problems in the musculoskeletal system. The structure and function of the body are indivisible. The musculoskeletal system is contained of the nerves, muscles, and bones which all form the body's structure.

Osteopathic medicine focuses on disease prevention and health maintenance. Doctors of osteopathy (DOs) base diagnosis and treatment on the idea that the body's systems are interconnected. DOs treat the body as an integrated whole instead of treating specific symptoms or illnesses.

Osteopathy can be used for treatment of headaches, scoliosis, shoulder pain, osteoarthritis, physical injuries, stress-related problems (such as muscle spasm), insomnia, carpal tunnel syndrome, painful menstruation etc.

According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, osteopathy treatments are most effective for back and neck pain. The amount of pain will reduce with the help of osteopathy.

Osteopathy was founded in 1874 by Andrew Taylor Still. Andrew Taylor Still believed that every disease begins with spine structural problems. When problem arises in the spine the nerves send abnormal signals to the organs.