Osteopathy

What is osteopathy?

Osteopathy is a manual therapy widely used in the West, aimed at preventing, diagnosing, and treating functional mechanical disorders of the body. It therefore focuses on the various systems of the body (musculoskeletal, neurological, digestive, etc.) from a functional perspective; to be differentiated from the organic side, which requires allopathic care. It has both a preventative and curative role by allowing your body to adapt or readapt to the constraints of your daily life.

Thus, it treats all types of mechanical dysfunctions by restoring or maintaining natural mobility of the joints but also of the viscera in relation to each other. It treats a wide range of pathologies: simple or severe back pain, nerve pain (sciatica, etc.), recurrent or chronic ENT pathologies, chronic digestive pathologies, headaches, emergencies: acute lumbago, stiff neck, pathologies of infants from birth (this list is not exhaustive).

Osteopathy is intended to be integrated into the patient's traditional care pathway and to work in conjunction with other healthcare professionals. Certain pathologies can thus be managed in a multidisciplinary manner with the beneficial contribution of osteopathy.

The patient's care pathway is therefore simplified, and their medication intake reduced (painkillers, anti-inflammatories, muscle relaxants), in addition to responding to a little or no demand for physical management of pathologies with a mechanical component.