Osteopathy

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This change in a 65 year old man occurred in five 1 hour manual treatments plus movement homework

Osteopathy uses normal as the goal. Osteopaths think about how deviations from normal occurred. This requires individualizing treatment guided by precise understanding of the cause of the dysfunction. This is the most critical part of successful osteopathic treatment. It requires a deep understanding of medical reality and long experience with human behavior and the specifics of particular maladies. Then the treatment ideas of optimizing circulation, movement and energetic flow can be applied.