Affiliation:
1. Smolensk State Medical University
2. Mechnikov North-West State Medical University
3. Institute of Osteopathy;
Medical Clinics LLC «Mokhov Institute of Osteopathy»
Abstract
The article traces the history of the origin, formation of osteopathy and its official recognition in the world, including Russia. There are highlighted the specific features of osteopathy, making possible to consider it as an independent direction of modern official medicine, as well as to review the differences between osteopathy and manual therapy. The advantages of the osteopathic method of care include close psychological contact with the patient, the preservation of manipulative medical techniques, the rejection of polypragmasy, an individual holistic approach to the treatment of each patient, adherence to the ideas of early diagnosis and preventive medicine, the presence of a philosophical theoretical component of the worldview of an osteopathic doctor. The most important therapeutic principle of osteopathy is revealed. This is careful and gentle correction of osteopathic dysfunctions. It is based on the reserve capabilities of the body for selfhealing, inherent in it initially, and is aimed at harmonizing life processes. It gives the right to consider the technologies used in osteopathy as a nature-like. The inclusion of an osteopathy course in the basic training of a doctor could contribute to the education of clinical thinking of any specialist, holistic perception of a person and his health problems. Despite the official acceptance of osteopathy in the Russian Federation in 2015, it is still perceived by a fairly large part of the medical community not as a full-fl edged scientific discipline and an independent medical specialty, but as an alternative method of healing, one of many whose effectiveness and safety have not been proven. This article is aimed, among other items, to overcome the lack of information in scientific journals and mass media on fundamental research in osteopathy and the specifics of osteopathic care.
Publisher
The Institute of the Osteopathy and Holistic Medicine
Subject
Complementary and Manual Therapy,Complementary and alternative medicine,Medicine (miscellaneous)
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