For millennia, caring for one's health, both physical and spiritual, has pushed a huge number of people to find safe and effective ways to treat and restore the body. One such alternative medicine is osteopathy. This method is based on the unity of the interaction of the organs of the body, as well as some psychological aspects.
For brevity, what is this - osteopathy, we can say that any violation (physical or psychological) necessarily affects the condition of internal organs, leading them to certain diseases. So, for example, depression and irritability are detrimental to liver function, asociality or dissatisfaction with one's position or personal growth leads to problems with the stomach, etc.
Indications and contraindications of osteopathy
It should be specially noted that treatment with osteopathic methods denies the acceptance of medicines. To diagnose abnormalities in the body, the osteopath uses an individual instrument - its hands. With their help, treatment is also carried out. By applying hands and performing light manipulations (rubbing, scratching, pressing), the specialist helps the body "return to the place", removes clamps, improves blood flow and promotes activation of the body's self-regulating function. In addition to the regulation of physical functions, the doctor can help relieve the effects of stress, weaken the mental clamps. The effect of the procedure performed by a qualified physician can last for several weeks.
Because osteopathy uses a safe and, most importantly - painless effect on the body, a visit to a qualified osteopathic physician can be recommended to both young children and infants, and elderly people. To address to the doctor-osteopath for the help it is possible already from the first days of a life of the child since this is the best time period for correcting cranial anomalies. Also, it is not superfluous to visit the osteopath in a year, at three years, at six years and at 12-14.
What treats osteopathy?
With this method, you can treat the following ailments:
- diseases of the musculoskeletal system, spine and other joints and bone systems;
- ENT diseases;
- gynecological diseases (infertility, adhesive processes, preparation for pregnancy, its support and recovery in the postpartum period, disability of the pelvic organs);
- migraine headaches;
- osteochondrosis, scoliosis and other disorders of posture;
- Gastrointestinal diseases;
- diseases of the male genitourinary system (prostatitis, impotence);
- consequences of birth injuries in children, cerebral palsy;
- dysfunction of cerebral activity in children (speech disorders, hyperexcitability, hip dysplasia, retardation of development);
- disorders of the cardiovascular system.
Contraindications for the application of osteopathy are as follows:
- acute intestinal infections;
- acute heart diseases (heart attack, hypertensive crisis, etc.);
- blood diseases ( leukemia , thrombophilia, bleeding, etc.);
- malignant formations;
- mental illness in the acute stage;
- trauma, recently received (fractures, dislocations, trauma to the skull and internal organs);
- infectious diseases.
The directions of osteopathy
Since 2012, osteopathy in Russia has become an officially recognized direction of medicine and the profession of "osteopath" is included in the nomenclature of posts.
At the moment, osteopathy is divided into three areas:
- Structural osteopathy - when used reminds the work of a manual doctor and helps in the treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system.
- Visceral osteopathy - work with internal organs.
- Cranial osteopathy - work with a microarhythm of the bones of the skull.