thoughts about osteopathic procedures

the patient not the technique
All practitioners gravitate towards techniques that suit them but not necessarily the patient. Osteopathy is not a technique; instead technique and osteopathic procedures are an expression of osteopathic philosophy and principles which are based on an intimate appreciation of functional anatomy and physiology. The vocabulary of osteopathic technique is massive and from this perspective I find it frustrating and sometime incomprehensible to hear from patients that the last practitioner just ‘cracked them up’ or worked in a rather predictable and repetitive manner, irrespective of symptom/situation changes.

tissue specificity
There can be no specific treatment without a diagnosis of the tissue(s) involved and how they are interacting. Often painful tissues are not primary problems, but rather compensatory expressions of a dysfunction elsewhere. Patients might be surprised that seemingly unrelated areas, tissues and structures that are treated in the course of an osteopathic session.

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