Osteopathy
... Osteopathy is the body of medicine that originally used strictly manipulative techniques for correcting somatic abnormalities thought to cause disease and inhibit recovery. However, over the past cent...

Academic Difficulties: Dyslexia, A.D.D?
... Is it A.D.D., is it A.D.H.D, is it the Executive Syndrome, or is it dyslexia? But does the label solve the problem? Only by looking in the past may we begin to understand the present, and develop a st...

Osteopathic Treatments Effective in Managing Childhood Asthma
... During my first year of medical school I experienced the benefits of osteopathic manipulation for asthma. As a child, I hadsignificant difficulties with allergies and asthma. Gradually my symptoms les...

Child Development
... What is a brain injured child? Brain injury may be microscopic, or it may be global. It may be recognized in disturbances of learning, of visual perception or even of speech. But these are minor disab...

Childhood Ear Infections
... During the years from birth to five years, the child is checked regularly by the pediatrician concerning his ears, throat, eyes, heart, lungs, digestive tract. In other words, is this child''s body fu...

Smart In Everything But School?
... 20/20 Is Not Enough! Studies show that 20% of school age children have a problem which interferes with learning. Many people mislabeled as lazy, dyslexic, or attention deficit disorder (ADD) may actua...

Osteopathic Manipulation
... One purpose of osteopathic manipulative therapy (OMT) is to restore physiological motion to areas in which there is restriction or dysfunction. By restoring or improving function in the musculo-skelet...

Osteopathic Research
... A lot of research has been undertaken in the osteopathic field. Some relates to the way the musculo-skeletal system influences general body health and function; that is the actual changes that occur—e...

Osteopathy in Practice
... Most patients consulting osteopathic practitioners will do so in the hope of obtaining relief from musculo-skeletal aches and pains. In the main, the low back and neck are the areas most likely to be ...

Posture and Correct Body Use
... Mechanical stress and dysfunction, affecting the musculo-skeletal system can often be traced to habitual mis-use of the body. Other causes, including congenital faults, such as supernumary vertebrae, ...

The Birth of Osteopathy
... Manipulative methods as part of medical treatment are known to date back to earliest times. Hippocrates wrote of their value. Throughout medical history manual methods have been used, but almost alway...

The Effects of Stress
... Stress of a psychological or emotional nature can produce marked changes in the musculo-skeletal system, profoundly influencing the overall functioning of the body. All emotional changes are mirrored ...

The Principles of Osteopathy
... The practice of medicine and of osteopathy is an art, or skill in the application of definite rules and procedures. Such rules may, or may not, be based upon the accurate and logical interpretation of...

What is Osteopathy?
... If you have ever had an aching back, stiff neck, tennis elbow, ''gammy'' knee or some such affliction of the body, then the chances are that you have sought the help of, or have been advised by someon...

Birth Trauma: The Most Common Cause of Development Delays
... In at least 80% of children with developmental delays, including attention deficits and autism, there is a history of traumatic birth. In each diagnosis there are manifestations of various aspects of ...

Happy Birthday ----- and Many, Many More
... Very soon after my first course in Osteopathy in the Cranial Field where Dr. Sutherland was still lecturing once a day I was fired with enthusiasm to examine newborn babies. Over the next eight years ...

The Osteopathic Approach to Seizures
... Seizures may occur at any stage in life from newborn to old age. But the etiology or underlying cause may vary from patient to patient. Rare causes are organic brain diseases. For the child who develo...

Risk Factors Contributing to Overuse Injuries In Sports
... Intrinsic (Anatomical) * Musculoskeletal malalignment * Musculoskeletal inability * Inflexibility of muscle * Muscle weakness Extrinsic (Training Errors & Equipment Problems) * Improper training techn...

Treatment for Sports Injuries
... Osteopathic manipulation is a valuable tool for the prevention and treatment of sports injuries. Ensuring that the body’s musculoskeletal system is in proper balance and alignment can prevent injuries...

Young Athletes and Sports Injuries
... (Following is an article by Brett Thomas D.O. describing his first experiences with osteopathic treatments which began during his high school days. Dr. Thomas participated in many sports and received ...

Eyesight
... What is Eyesight? What is Vision? Eyesight, which involves the ability of the eye to distinguish small details, is only one component of eye vision. Guide to Classroom Vision Problems Vision is the re...

Development of Osteopathy to the Present Day
... From its small beginnings in the last years of the nineteenth century to the present time there has been a dynamic growth in osteopathy in all its spheres—education, research and practice. In the U.S....

Diagnosis
... Diagnosis of somatic dysfunction (impaired or altered function of related components of the body framework) is a relatively simple procedure when the degree of deviation from normal is marked. When, h...

Cranial Osteopathy
... One of the greatest pieces of physiological research in the twentieth century was undertaken by William Garner Sutherland D.O. He was one of the early graduates of the original American School of Oste...

Common Problems of Newborns
... The area of the baby''s head that leads the way out of the birth canal is the occipital area, the back of the head. It is the area that will take the brunt of obstruction if there is a delay in delive...

The Osteopathic Approach to the Child with Scoliosis
... The term scoliosis means a distortion of the body structure into a curvature. This is usually recognized in the spine but may also be found in the pelvis, and occasionally in the mechanism of the cran...

Vision Enhancement
... Between 60% and 90% of the information comes into our brain through the visual system. Interference in optimal visual function will reduce the efficient processing of visual information. 20/20 Is Not ...