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What is osteopathic medicine?

Osteopathy is a living medicine (non-pharmacological intervention) working for health and practised by a qualified osteopath called an Osteopath DO.
He works manually on your body to relieve functional, mechanical, traumatic or chronic disorders.
 
It is defined by its holistic approach, based on the following principles:
  • patient globality: care of the physical, mental, emotional and subtle bodies.
  • the rule of the supreme artery, i.e. the free circulation of liquids in the body: vascular (arterial, venous), lymphatic, cerebrospinal, the nervous information of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and that of the peripheral nervous system (PNS).
  • inter- and intra-relationships between organ structure and function.
  • patient self-regulation and self-healing.

For whom?


Osteopathy is suitable for all ages and specific needs: infants, children, adults, athletes, pregnant women, seniors, etc.
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Some examples of reasons for consultation:

Infants : sleep disorders, difficult childbirth, reflux, congenital torticollis, skull deformation, hypertonia, difficulty sucking, etc.
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Children : monitoring harmonious growth, postural defects or scoliotic attitudes, occlusion disorders, concentration problems, enuresis, chronic ENT disorders, etc.
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Athletes : performance, tennis elbow, windshield wiper syndrome, side stitches, sciatica on exertion, chronic low back pain, joint pain on exertion, etc.
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Seniors : transit disorders, neck pain, vicious postural attitudes, balance disorders, joint pain, preservation of walking ability, post-operative care, etc.
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What happens during a consultation?

The health questionnaire​
All consultations include a time for gathering information about the patient's history and an anamnesis of the reason for consultation.
This stage is essential to make sure whether or not osteopathic treatment is appropriate, and if not, to consider referring the patient to a MD.
This is the diagnosis of opportunity.
The osteopathic treatment
Osteopathic treatment is always explained to the patient beforehand. It is systematically accompanied by health advice.
The corrective techniques used (structural, functional, visceral, tissue, cranio-sacral, biodynamic, psychosomatic, or a combination of these) aim to restore mobility, suppleness, elasticity and lightness, and improve symptoms, evoking a new state of balance synonymous with better health.
The osteopathic assessment
​​Using his hands, on the patient's body lying on the examination table, the osteopath continues the clinical examination in search of tissue density(s), mobility restriction(s) called dysfunctions or osteopathic lesions most often localized in the connective tissue or fascia. The osteopath then performs a functional diagnosis, prioritizing dysfunctions and relating them to one another on the basis of anatomical and physiological knowledge (musculoskeletal, vascular, lymphatic, facial, neurological, endocrine systems, etc.) and verbal exchanges concerning the patient's history.
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