Osteopathy

[Gardenfairy]

Does anybody know about osteopathy - woowoo or does it actually work ?

[crimresearch]

What do you mean by 'Osteopathy'? In the USA an Osteopath is an MD with additional training in subjects such as nutrition.

A long time ago osteopathy had considerable woo in it, but not that I've noticed today.

Or...are you living somewhere that osteopathy isn't regulated?

;)

[CurtC]

My understanding is that osteopathy historically had some questionable beliefs about muscular/skeletal manipulation, something like chiropractic, but the field of osteopathy was open to new data so has evolved to be pretty mainstream (unlike chiropractic).

[Sloe_Bohemian]

I believe one of the top 3 osteopathic schools are here in Des Moines. Don't hear much out of it... not that I'd expect the local media to be very critical - but you wouldn't even know it was here except the expansive university is hard to miss.

[Gardenfairy]

I'm living in Denmark and osteopathy isn't very known here. The National Health Security doesn't support the treatment as they do with e.g. physiotherapy. I know that the system comes from USA. The reason why I ask is because my physiotherapist has taken an education in osteopathy and now use it in the treatment (my own wish). In this case the treatment is regarded as a holistic treatment of the body concerning the muscles and the bones etc. In my case I have problem with my knee, but he starts the treatment from the centre of my body. Any experiences with osteopatric treatments ?

[geni]

In europe it is somewhere between being a low grade form of massarge thearpy and alt med.

[Lisa Simpson]

In the US, an osteopath isn't much different than an MD. In fact, in CA an osteopath has the option of having either D.O or M.D after his or her name.

The last time I had to take one of my sons to the doctor, he happened to be a D.O and he did exactly what needed to be done. Nice guy, too.

[Rolfe]

Originally posted by geni
In europe it is somewhere between being a low grade form of massarge thearpy and alt med. Very true. I suspect that the situation in Denmark is more likely to be closer to the UK situaiton than to the US.

In the UK there is no way an osteopath is any sort of "doctor".

Rolfe.

[crimresearch]

Sorry, I'm not familiar with the bone manipulations from the original osteopathic ideas, I've heard it was similar to chiropractic.