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WHY DID YOU CHOOSE OSTEOPATHY AS A PROFESSION?

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                         Osteopathy a hands-on treatment that alleviates the symptoms such as  acute and chronic pain, inflammation, muscle spasm, or any problems that relate to musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, and visceral pain. Osteopathy uses a holistic approach to cure not just the symptoms but the root of the condition. A treatment where it does not require any invasive procedure for the patient to get well, and a treatment where there is completely no harmful side effects. Who wouldn't love such an amazing profession like this?               When people have problems in their body, whether it is from an accident, or chronic pain from a certain medical condition, or any conditions from moderate to severe. They need to seek help in one of the medical field professions, and most of the treatments are always associated with pain and complications. For example, any kind of surgery is associated with postoperative pain because the patient underwent an invasive procedure. Chemotherap

WHAT IS OSTEOPATHY?

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Osteopathy vs Other Manual Therapies      Osteopathy has two types, Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) and Osteopathic Manual Practitioners (DOMP), the difference between them is that DO are physicians that can prescribe medications and diagnose conditions. While DOMP cannot diagnose and prescribe medications, but most of the techniques that they administer are the same such as joint mobilization, muscle energy technique, facilitated positional release technique, cranial therapy, and visceral therapy.       Osteopathy has a holistic approach in treating patients with acute, subacute, or chronic pain in the musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, and even visceral. The common question people ask is "How would you differentiate Osteopathy from Chiropractors, Massage Therapists, and Physiotherapists?" the normal way of answering it is by saying that Osteopathy is a combination of theses three professions, but differentiating it from the other three would be the best satisfying answer for the pat