Posts Tagged ‘osteopathy’
Applications of Osteopathy (II)
In physical activities, sports and performing arts
Any loss of mobility of joints, muscles, ligaments or viscera may cause an imbalance in health status. This is manifested in the sport for different symptoms, from simple contracture to chronic pain, globally altering body ergonomics. It is one of the applications of Osteopathy who has more and more followers.
Osteopathy applications are also valid for the diaphragm, lungs, heart, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, kidney, small intestine, large intestine (colon and rectum), ovaries, uterus, fallopian tubes, prostate, bladder and urinary tract.
Some most common dysfunctions of these organs are almost always associated with impaired nerve distribution or arterial blood or venous and lymphatic return. Read the rest of this entry »
Applications of Osteopathy (I)
Application of Osteopathy
* Vertebrae, joints and rheumatism: (type “inflammatory” and “mechanical origin”). Osteoarthritis, back pain, both vertebral and visceral origin. Spinal deformity (deviation of the column).
* Fibromyalgia: diffuse pain that causes all the muscles and most of the joints, in which case the main objective is to achieve a good muscle relaxation, in most patients is accompanied by anxiety and mental depression.
* Joint deformities (deviations from the axis) static problems indicate that there had been an important postural imbalance.
* Neuralgia and paralysis within the field of osteopathy applications when it has removed a major cause (cancer, fracture, dislocation, disc herniation with nerve compression true) by regular clinical examinations. Read the rest of this entry »