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The objective of our school is to educate specialists in osteopathy and to simplify individual access to quality manual therapy.
The Study of Osteopathy
The Slovak School of Osteopathy is the first school in Slovakia to provide comprehensive osteopathic education. Internationally recognized osteopaths and teachers, will provide you with a guarantee of the finest quality of education. Become part of a dynamically developing field and become one of the top experts with excellent knowledge of anatomy, craniosacral and manual therapy. Invest in your future and be the first osteopaths in the Slovak Republic.
ADMISSION PROCEDURE 2022
We have launched the admission process for the academic year 2022/2023. Individuals who would like to begin their studies can register via the form provided on our website.
Osteopathy
Is a type of complementary medicine that uses manual therapy. The goal of osteopathy is to restore the correct balance and function, which will allow your body to heal itself through its own natural processes.
Why study osteopathy?
1. A continuing improvement in each patient’s well-being and quality of life
2. Treat each patient individually
3. Competitive salary and employment opportunities at home and abroad
4. Osteopathy is one of the fastest growing professions
A Holistic View of Treatment
Osteopathy is a field of diagnosis and treatment with more than a century of tradition. Its main premise is to treat the human body as an integral whole in which related processes occur.
Four principles of osteopathic philosophy
1. The body is a unit; the person is a unit of body, mind, and spirit
2. The body is capable of self-regulation, self-healing, and health maintenance
3. Structure and function are reciprocally interrelated
4. Rational treatment is based upon an understanding of the basic principles of body unity, self-regulation, and the interrelationship of structure and function
Title D.O.
After completing the 4,5 year study program, you will have the opportunity to write a diploma thesis and become a certified osteopath with the title of Diploma in Osteopathy (DO).
Curriculum
The curriculum is compiled according to the international standards CEN and WHO. The selection of seminars taught at the Slovak School of Osteopathy is as follows:
- Medical semiology
- Embryology
- Visceral osteopathy
- Osteopathy in urogynecology
- Osteopathy in pediatrics
- Osteopathy in dentistry
- Palpation anatomy
- Craniosacral osteopathy
- ANS – autonomic nervous system
- Radiology
- Myofascial techniques in osteopathy
- Osteopathy in gynecology
- BLT-balanced ligamentous tension
- Psychosomatics
- Diagnosis in osteopathy
- Clinical methods
- History and philosophy
Biomechanics - HVLA- high velocity low amplitude
- Osteopathic integration
Section - Lymphatic techniques in osteopathy
- Symptomatology
- Physiology of pain
- GOT – general osteopathic treatment
- Pathology
- Parietal osteopathy
- Vascular techniques in osteopathy
Cooperations
Our school follows international standards for osteopathy training (OSEAN, WHO, EFSOET, CEN).