Osteopathy. What is it that treats visceral, cranial, biodynamic. Education for rejuvenation, children's health during pregnancy. Reviews of patients and physicians

In Russia, the massive interest in osteopathy appeared only in the last 15 years. Therefore, it is and what it treats, know not all.

What is Osteopathy?

Literally "osteopathy" means "bone" and "disease", but define themselves osteopaths osteopathy as a science, philosophy and art of health management. The main instrument is an osteopath hands, and everything else - is the knowledge, skills, ability to analyze.

Osteopathy - what is it that cures can be more accurately understood if we translate this word as "pathological structures." osteopath specialist involved in the whole organism, not just bones.

There is:

• a structural osteopathyIt is engaged in musculoskeletal skeleton;
• cranial - the skull;
• visceral - internal organs.

Such a division is conditional, in osteopathy no specialization.

Osteopathy - a type of manipulative techniques. In comparison with chiropractic and manual therapy, osteopathy - softer and versatile way to solve health problems. Osteopath affects not only the human body but also his soul and restores a number of organs.

History of osteopathy began in the late 19th century. Its founder was an American doctor Steele. He believed that the human body - self-regulating system. In case of illness the body is able to heal itself, if you help him. The principles of official medicine doctor denied. The official medicine has denied the new doctrine.

Now osteopathy wins the trust of patients, and has itself become part of conventional medicine. Although mistrust to it from traditional medicine still remains, the position gradually otvoovyvaet. Many osteopaths in diagnosis and treatment using all means: and medicine in the traditional sense of the word, and osteopathic. This increases the overall efficiency of the treatment.

That treats osteopath?

Osteopath believes that the body - a holistic system and treats the whole body. Treatment is carried out by palpation. It determines the operation of the movement of muscles, fluids fascia.

A man comes to the doctor with complaints of pain in the joint, not knowing that the pain caused by this once enlarged liver due eaten a piece of fat meat. Liver cope with the increased load, but temporarily increased in size. Because of this, were squeezed located near the kidneys, they take effect on blood vessels. And so the chain has reached a joint.

Difficult birth, when the newborn child is hardly leaves the mother's womb, can cause diseases in adulthood. Excessive pressure on the fabric during the passage of the birth canal generates the same "misalignment", leading to pathologies in the body.

Osteopathy does not cure, according to experts in the field. What is the disease of any part of the body and what it means for the whole body, they understood not so much as traditional doctors. In case of violation of the functions of the body of the entire system must lead to normal functioning. Osteopath straightens "distortions." That aid the body is sufficient for self-healing.

Due to certain techniques, osteopathic physician manages to create the illusion of a patient that his hand passes through the skin and fascia and fall on the muscles. The patient feels that the doctor pushes the muscles. Due osteopathic techniques can achieve the effect, which is usually the doctor reaches with great difficulty or not at all reaches.

Stress or trauma leading to muscle terminals. Muscle pull and distort the skeleton, occluded vessels, putting pressure on the nerve endings. The result is a set of related diseases with each other, which eliminates Osteopath using their methods.

If a person has not yet reached the edge, because of which it is almost impossible to get him out, he fights. And fights his body. Osteopathy helping hand.

types of osteopathy

Osteopathy (what it is, that treats a structural, visceral and cranial osteopathy can elaborate any qualified osteopath) is 3 types. Clear borders between its varieties are not available, and in his practice the same specialist often uses carved techniques.

structural osteopathy

Structural osteopathy detects and treats diseases of the spine, joints, muscles and ligaments. In the diagnosis and treatment of a doctor working with all systems, with a focus on the musculoskeletal system and the related musculo-ligamentous.

Osteopath carries out special tests, identify problems studied structures. Found spasms and stagnation processes that osteopath eliminated.

Application techniques of structural Osteopathy restores:

• joint mobility;
• the elasticity of the ligaments;
• blood flow patterns.

Structural osteopathy is gentle on tissue. Therefore, the application of its techniques few contraindications and side effects virtually do not appear.

This kind of osteopathy is effective in:

• arthritis;
• arthritis;
• osteochondrosis;
• scoliosis;
• neuritis;
• sciatica;
• after injuries.

visceral osteopathy

In Latin visceralis means "splanchnic, meat." Visceral osteopathy treats the internal organs. They have mobility, the degree of which may vary due to some of these problems in or adjacent organs and tissues. Inflammation, swelling, sprains may increase or decrease motility.

Outside bodies enveloped fascia - shell regulating motility and participating in their life support through a network of blood vessels and nerve fibers. Osteopath affects the internal organs through the fascia than the therapeutic effect is achieved. Visceral osteopathy normalizes metabolism, stimulates the immune system and the self-regulation body.

This kind of osteopathy is used to treat:

• the digestive system;
• respiratory;
• heart and blood vessels;
• urinary organs of the reproductive system;
• reproductive system;
• endocrine disorders;
  
• gynecological and urological diseases.

cranial osteopathy

This kind of osteopathy affects the skull, the sacrum, the spine between the skull and sacrum, brain, spinal fluid, cerebrospinal fluid. The skull is not monolithic, and is made up of separate bones capable of movement. Each bone is moving on its own path and in the same rhythm all the bones, which is called the craniosacral.

Cranial osteopathy considers that this rhythm sets all over the body the brain, which has a breathing mechanism.

If some of the bones is blocked, it affects the neighboring bones: they may develop any pathology. The man begins to see a doctor specialty dealing with the treatment of that part of the body, which revealed pathology.

But osteopath will use the method of cranial osteopathy and try to find and unlock wayward rhythm bone. This will help him CSF (cerebrospinal fluid), its ripple reflecting the craniosacral rhythm and its disorders.

Cerebrospinal fluid bathes the brain and serves several important functions. It protects the brain from damage, supports consistency and balance processes in the brain, the metabolism between blood and the brain. By the properties of liquor resembles blood plasma.

Craniosacral osteopathy

However, there are more and craniosacral osteopathy. What is it that cures it can be understood only by referring to the history of its creation. Her appearance and formation is primarily associated with the name of an American osteopath, John Upledger, disciple and follower of William Sutherland, founder of osteopathy Cranial.

Cranial osteopathy works with the skull bones. However, part of osteopaths practicing cranial osteopathy, have drawn conclusions about the main role of the dura mater and the bones are not in craniosacral respiratory mechanism. So cranial osteopathy created a new kind of osteopathy - craniosacral.

Osteopaths themselves basically believe these two species separated by osteopathy is rather arbitrary.

The more so because of the craniosacral later appeared biodynamic craniosacral osteopathy and osteopathy as a whole continues to grow vigorously, giving rise to new trends and types. However, there is one subtlety. Osteopathy craniosacral therapy often referred to, and focus on its practical application.

It is believed that the effectiveness of such therapy is insufficient scientifically valid. In many countries, including Russia, this kind of osteopathy is not recognized by official medicine and part of itself is not considered. As wellness, harmless methods of craniosacral therapy is enabled, it can practice and doctors and people without medical training.

Cranial (craniosacral) osteopathy (therapy) helps with diseases of the nervous system, hearing, sight. It is effective for treating the consequences of traumatic brain injury, stroke. It helps women in labor: before, during and after childbirth.

Pros and cons of the method

Osteopathy (what is it that heals, its advantages and disadvantages discussed supporters and opponents of the technique) has many advantages:

• Early diagnosis of the disease. Most diseases are treated much better in the early stages. In addition, early diagnosis saves many lives.
• Painless method. Mostly used "soft" technique: light pressing and touching the doctor's hands.
• Safety and harmlessness. If the osteopath has procedures and conducting a session of treatment properly, can not be hurt. The method is not invasive. Shall not apply either surgical or pharmacological means.

But the minus is perhaps one: lack of evidence. This is one of the main reasons that craniosacral therapy, the most popular among patients and more frequently used other osteopaths, it has not been "approved" in medicine.

Even the "primary respiratory mechanism" skeptical followers of traditional medicine that we talk about some of the concepts of craniosacral biodynamics.

Chiropractic and osteopathy: differences

Both doctors - and a chiropractor and osteopath treated her hands. Manual therapist usually deals with diseases of the musculoskeletal system. The manipulation is the local reception in respect of the structure which took the wrong position. Technique is applied to the spot where it hurts, it is a violation.

Osteopath for pain in the heel will look for the source of the problem in other parts of the body. Osteopath examines somatic dysfunction of tissues and organs, which may be far away from the affected part.

80% of the human body - the connective tissue, the fascia. Restoring the correct position of the tissue, osteopathic returns to the healthy functioning of the body. Normalization freedom of movement of fluids, nerve impulses and mobility is the main task of the osteopath. Many people confuse the manual therapy and osteopathy.

Contraindications to osteopathic treatment

Osteopaths have the same basic principle as that of the whole of medicine: do no harm. Contraindications to osteopathic treatment is. There are absolute and relative contraindications. When future osteopathic physicians are trained, teachers clearly explain to them all the cases where there should not be present osteopathy.

Absolute contraindications:

• Acute injuries of the skull. Depending on the severity of the injury there is a period when you can not use osteopathy. If not a very serious injury, such as concussion is 10 days. In more severe injuries - more time.
• Pronounced osteoporosis.
  
• Chronic infectious disease in the acute phase.
• The period after surgical interventions on the skull and spine.
• Meningitis, myelitis.
• Thrombosis, stroke. Osteopathic treatment can begin no earlier than six months.
• Psychiatric abnormalities.
• Malignancies.

Relative contraindications:

• In the acute phase of certain diseases. Osteopaths believe that with the proper level of qualification osteopathic physician aid effectiveness have it in the acute period. But allopathic doctors often reinsure their patients.
• Coronary artery disease, arrhythmia. Important cause of disease.
• Pregnancy. Only the position of traditional medicine restricts the intervention of osteopathy. Osteopaths believe pregnancy is an absolute indication.
• Pain syndrome in the cervical region. Working with the cervical spine is considered to be very complex, it is the strength not to everyone osteopath.
• Diseases of internal organs of the decompensation. An osteopath can only alleviate the patient's condition, but does not reverse the process.

Preparing for treatment

Osteopathy (what is it that heals - it's not all the questions patients) does not work, if carried out with the help of treatment misdiagnosis.

A primary appointment with the osteopath better to take the results of the surveys:

• X-rays;
• ECG reports, MRI, CT;
  
• answers to biochemical analyzes.

Diagnosis the doctor will do hands, but additional hardware diagnostics can not hurt. On examination, the patient will be asked to undress. Therefore it is necessary to think of a suitable underwear. At the primary admission need to talk about their problems: how and what hurts. It is not necessary to name the diagnoses, it is better to tell you how there was a pain or some sort of disturbance in the body.

Diagnosis by a doctor osteopath

Diagnosis is also performed during the patient's first visit. Using special tests, the doctor checks the tension and displacement of tissues and organs in the body. Patient inspect visually and by palpation standing and lying.

At the time of diagnosis the doctor to seek to determine the underlying dysfunction. If some body changes its normal functionality, it soon will restore normal operation. But the body, located nearby, too, will feel the change. As a result, throughout the body chain will pass a series of such changes. Body caught in this chain can stray from the normal rhythm of work.

Osteopathy (what it is, that treats as working hard to understand the lack of preparedness patient) differs from classical methods of treatment. Doctors osteopaths believe that it is necessary to treat the whole body, not part of it. In their clinical practice strictly divide the diagnosis and treatment is not possible. Some osteopathic techniques can improve the patient's condition even during diagnosis.

treatment steps of the process description

The skull, the sacrum, legs, pelvis, respiratory diaphragm - required areas that are affected by an osteopath during all sessions. These zones have an effect on the entire organism.

During palpation the doctor may ask questions about the patient, but the basic information it receives directly from the body responds to his touch. Knowing about the connections between the different parts of the body, an osteopath works on areas that are far from the epicenter of the pain.

If the patient during the initial examination complained of back pain, and the doctor determined the asymmetry of the body, then after passing sessions may disappear both problems.

On examination, the patient who complains of pain in the spine, the doctor finds that the patient one shoulder higher than the other, one knee is also higher in one side of the back muscles are strained more than other.

Correcting these violations alone pressing hands during sessions usually leads to the disappearance of all the problems with pain. And the area is working with osteopath may be quite different. For example, in the above situation, the osteopath can work with the soles of the feet, the head, the cervical spine.

The session may be held for 30 minutes, and maybe more than one hour:. It depends on the complexity of the case. Sessions are held usually not more than once a week, because it takes time for the body to reconstructed after each procedure. Per course of treatment may take 4-5 sessions to 10. Children usually need fewer procedures, because their bodies are more flexible and pliable.

Direct osteopathic techniques

If at some point there is dysfunction, it creates tension of all the soft tissues surrounding it. Offset in violation causes displacement of the muscles and fascia. dysfunction point becomes pathological fixation.

In order to "unleash" the pathologically tensioned node osteopath puts his hand on one of the offset axes and move it on the axis of the tension points, slightly directing the displaced body to the correct position. Soft tissue surrounding the body to resist, but at some point in their energy resources are being depleted, and they relax. At this time, the osteopath aims pathologically dislocated body náměstí.

Indirect techniques of osteopathy

Osteopath puts his hand on the displacement axis and moves it along said axis to the point of tension, gradually increasing it. At the moment of maximum tension spasm of tissue located in the center, it is enhanced as much as possible.

Within 30-60 seconds continues muscle spasm, whereupon it, wasted energy resource relaxes. Osteopath body puts in place or it makes the body itself through self-healing mechanism.

Osteopathy in spinal hernia

Hernias that are located in the lumbar region, pain may not cause. Their removal, especially by surgery, is not only dangerous, but often unfounded. Osteopaths offer their methods of getting rid of a herniated disc.

The osteopath does not remove a hernia. It changes the static electricity on it. Reducing the load on the spine, it improves the blood circulation of tissues. As a result, the protrusion (softened hernia) is pushed out healthy tissue, gradually dehydrated. "Dried" protrusion of very small size is no longer a danger to the spine and the body as a whole.

Osteopathy during pregnancy

Osteopathy helps pregnant women to prepare your body for childbirth.

Indications for osteopathy in pregnancy:

• Poor sleep, disorders of the nervous system.
• Back pain in the lumbar spine, sacrum, in the cervical spine.
• During uterine growth are redistributed load, due to which pain and may appear in different parts of the spine.
• Indigestion.
• Impaired circulation in the pelvis, placental disorders.
• Preparation of the pelvis for childbirth.

During labor, the baby goes through the birth canal, which should expand. If the pelvic muscles are too tense or were injured tailbone, then the child will be difficult to pass through the birth canal. Problems with the pelvic bones can lead to cesarean section, the need for pain medication, which negatively affects the child future.

After birth, an osteopath may help a woman, "returning to the place of" displaced organs.

Osteopathy for children's health

Neonates and children up to 2 years old often need the help of osteopathy. This is the age when many of the bones of the child has not yet been formed and well amenable to correction.

Newborn baby condition depends on the starting physiological functional status of the mother, on how passed genera. Great difficulties have children who were born by cesarean section. It can cause perinatal injury.

Frequent consequences of such injuries:

• change the functions of sucking and swallowing;
• nasolacrimal duct blockage;
• cramps in the arms and legs;
• poor mobility of the neck;
• mimic asymmetry.

These complications are usually caused by trauma of the skull base. Osteopath often works with the baby's skull. Tested as the sacrum, hips. In most cases, the method leads to the disappearance of problems. In the future, the child will be able to avoid many diseases, developmental delay, cognitive impairment.

If any violations have already appeared at an early age, they also successfully overcome with the help of osteopathy. For young children, osteopathy is completely safe and painless.

At the age of 2 to 6 years of the child's body also responds well to osteopathic treatment method. Lasting deemed incurable diseases such as autism, cerebral palsy, psoriasis, asthma, amenable to correction by osteopathy up to 6 years of age. Sometimes they are completely cured.

Children and adolescents of all ages should show osteopath. At puberty and body reconstructed high risk of dysfunctions of internal systems.

Education Osteopathy: how to conduct the treatment at home

At home, you can join the rehabilitation of osteopathic techniques. Many osteopaths share their knowledge and skills, tell and show you how to perform special exercises.

Famous Russian osteopath Alexander E. Smirnov released several videos in which he tells how to treat themselves and their loved ones with the help of osteopathy. He teaches relieves headaches, arthritis, low back pain, varicose veins, liver, stomach. It shows how to get rid of wrinkles.

There is also a school of osteopathy and centers that teach the basic techniques of osteopathy. Education there is paid, instead of a diploma graduate with no medical training will receive a certificate of completion refresher courses.

Reviews of physicians and patients about the effectiveness of methods

In different countries, people relate to osteopathy differently. US - the birthplace of osteopathy, osteopath, and there can only be a qualified doctor. In Russia recently adopted similar rules for this specialty. In European countries, osteopathy takes mostly half-hearted position: there is and osteopaths with higher medical education and without it.

Almost 15% of Russian citizens at least once used the services of these professionals. Most often these are people with spine problems and pregnant women.

Consensus among people with diseases of the musculoskeletal system is not: some happy with the results, others are disappointed. Many believe Osteopaths Chiropractors. About the effectiveness of osteopathic treatment women learn not only from their friends, have already benefited from the services of osteopaths.

Recently increasingly gynecologists and therapists guide pregnant patients to the osteopath. According to doctors and scientists about osteopathy throughout the world remain quite skeptical. Even in the US only themselves osteopaths in the journals give evidence of high performance treatment.

The rest of the doctors still suggest weak evidence and the scientific invalidity of the basic concepts methodology. It is critical in respect of this variety of alternative medicine Russian doctors and scientists.

Despite the recognition of the Russian Ministry of Health, the orthodox medical osteopathy has not received approval. If she once did not appear in ordinary clinics, many people will not know what it is that she treats.

Author of the article: Pavel Smirnov

Registration of the article: Lozinski Oleg

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