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Osteopathy
Osteopathy is a system of medicine that focuses on the diagnosis and hands-on treatment of joints, muscles, ligaments and tendons of the whole body (the musculoskeletal system). Osteopaths treat a wide range of conditions mainly associated with the musculoskeletal system; you do not need to visit your GP before you visit an osteopath as they are trained to diagnose most conditions that present in primary care and either treat them or refer you to the most appropriate healthcare professional.
Osteopaths study for a minimum of four to five years to gain their degree. Osteopathy is regulated in the same way as medicine and dentistry. It is illegal to call yourself an osteopath unless you are registered with the General Osteopathic Council. The main difference between Osteopathic treatment and conventional medical treatment is that osteopathic treatment is tailored to the individual, osteopaths don’t only recognise the similarities between patients complaints they also recognise the differences that can contribute to cause your individual symptoms.
Hundreds of different techniques.... (full text)
(My thanks to Brian McKenna BSc (Hons) Ost for this introduction (ed.))
Life and Health Issues Helped
The life and health issues shown below have been noted as being helped by Osteopathy:-
| Asthma |
| Bedwetting |
| Headache |
| High Blood Pressure |
| Migraine |
| Old Age |
| Osteoarthritis |
Osteopathy Blog
Add your contributions to the blog for this page. The button is at the bottom of the page or follow this link to the blog for this page. These can be absolutely anything related to the topic of this page that needs an answer from other members of the community, or a space for you to complain about or comment on anything related to that topic.
How to Help your Practitioner
You will have certain questions that you want to ask your practitioner about the therapy and your practitioner will have standard questions to ask you about yourself.
The "How to Help Your Practitioner" page for Osteopathy
Practitioners Organisations
The qualifications and requirements for a practitioner to be registered may vary markedly from organisation to organisation. We would strongly recommend that you visit the organisation's website to ensure that your chosen practitioner is registered with an organisation which has requirements with which you approve.
Osteopathy Training Schools
The practitioners organisations below will also accredit and approve Osteopathy training and courses. Please check that your chosen school is providing the course you are looking for.
Please access the organisation's website to find current contact details.
The organisations may have international members and relevance. Their country of origin is given.
| Sutherland Society | Great Britain |
| British Osteopathic Organisation | Great Britain |
| General Osteopathic Council | Great Britain |
Please email editor(at)shared-care.com to add to the List of Practitioners' Organisations.
Osteopathy Practitioner List
As the relationship between practitioner and the person consulted by them is a very personal one we would recommend that you check out their qualifications and, if possible, decide whether you have suitable empathy with them. This listing does not imply any special competence.
Practitioner lists for Osteopathy:-
| Australia | Canada | Great Britain |
| India | Ireland | New Zealand |
| The United States of America |
Lists of Practitioners and Practices
Please access the list of practitioners listed by therapy from the Therapies Home page
The full searchable practice list for the following countries.
| Australia | Canada | Great Britain |
| India | Ireland | New Zealand |
| United States of America |
The practitioners lists for the following countries.
| Australia | Canada | Great Britain |
| India | Ireland | New Zealand |
| United States of America |
