The indication for osteopathic treatment is the presence of somatic dysfunction that is clinically significant. Clinical significance is determined using the structure-function models of osteopathic practice described in the introductory section. Osteopathic practitioners have responsibility to diagnose and refer patients as appropriate when the patient’s condition requires therapeutic intervention, which falls outside the practitioner’s competence….

Osteopathy incorporates the following principles in the management of the patient; The human being is a dynamic unit of function, whose state of health is influenced by the body, mind and spirit; The body possesses self-regulatory mechanisms and is naturally self- healing; Structure and function are interrelated at all levels. Osteopathy incorporates current medical and…

Historical informationOsteopathic medicine was developed by Andrew Taylor Still, a physician and surgeon in the United States in the mid-1800s. An essential component of osteopathic health care is osteopathic manual therapy, typically called osteopathic manipulative treatment. Although Dr. Still initially intended his teachings to be an extension of allopathic medicine, he met with much resistance…

Osteopathy was developed by Andrew Taylor Still, a physician and surgeon in the United States of America in the mid-1800s, who established the first independent school of osteopathy in 1892 (1,2).Osteopathy (also called osteopathic medicine) relies on manual contact for diagnosis and treatment (3). It respects the relationship of body, mind and spirit in health…