More and more people in Italy and in the rest of the world decide to entrust their health toOsteopathy.
It represents one modern medicine born in 1864 thanks to Andrew Taylor Still, US doctor dissatisfied with the medical model of the time.
Osteopathy draws its foundation of care through the hands. Indeed, it is a manual medicine which does not use drugs or other non-manual practices. I like to emphasize the word health as the cornerstone of osteopathy because the osteopath treats the so-called dysfunctions and not pathologies, seeking health and not disease.
Dysfunctions, as the word itself says, are altered functions of the human organism. If not properly cared for, dysfunctions can become pathologies therefore dysfunctions are often the antechamber of pathologies.
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Osteopathy to support pathologies
Osteopathy cures many ailments and alterations and can support some pathologies.
The branches of osteopathic manual medicine are:
- Structural;
- Visceral;
- Cranio-sacral;
Structural
Treats issues related to smusculoskeletal structure with connective appendages such as the fascia. In this area we find high speed and low amplitude techniques called thrust or HVLA, low speed and high amplitude maneuvers or muscle energy techniques through post-contraction muscle stretching, fascial techniques through listening to the fascia.
La the key word is mobility. The osteopath restores mobility.
But what are thrusts?
Thrusts are the famous "Joint latches" i.e. release of gases present in the joint (mainly nitrogen) and the sound it produces is given by the intra-articular pressure difference that causes the defined effect cavitation.
Many patients delude themselves that a thrust may be the resolution of a chronic pain years and sometimes it happens. However, clinical practice leads me to declare that, in most cases, in order to have a treatment with long-lasting benefits one must associate these techniques with the work of soft tissues such as muscles, tendons and other fundamental structures such as the fasciae.
The thrust in fact gives a joint mobility increase temporary and not permanent. It eliminates the neurological afference that arrives on that point by breaking the painful / annoying circuit.
What I am explaining can be trivially translated into the daily practice of many people who, before getting out of bed in the morning, crack their back on their own, but this does not reduce the symptoms of their back pain.
I am a strong supporter of manual medicine associated with physical activity. L'Osteopathy in my opinion should support daily motor practice and not vice versa. It is now common, for example, to notice many physiotherapists treating tendinitis through active and not only passive gymnastics.
Visceral
This branch is reserved for all manipulations of organs and viscera, sometimes with direct manual access, other times through the interposition of tissues such as ligaments, oments, ribs or several other anatomical districts.
For example, the visceral area includes the diaphragm treatment, curing symptoms like gastroesophageal reflux, idintestinal problems or more generally all organs rsternal or abdominal.
Thus, the organ can be associated with the structure and a visco-somatic or somato-visceral dysfunction can be found.
In the first case we will have the disturbance of an organ that will reflect on the soma or the structure, such as the vertebral column. This is the case, for example, of a gastritis leading to one back pain.
In the second case, on the contrary, the structure creates bowel dysfunction. The latter case could be a severe rib contusion that causes organ failure in that region.
In this case, however, there is talk of direct trauma and the correlation between reported pain and the affected body area is immediately evident. The fascinating thing about osteopathy however is when the operator cures parts of the stroke that apparently they have nothing to do with it with the area that creates discomfort or pain.
For example, treating the foot of a patient who reports hip pain. In this case it could happen that the coxalgia is due to a postural compensation created in months or years by a previously cured ankle sprain.
This is why osteopathy calls itself one holistic medicine.
Cranio-sacral
The third branch is the cranio-sacral branch which focuses its attention on tcranial bone treatment and its attached organs (eyes, nose, mouth) or the communication between the skull and sacrum through the CSF or cerebrospinal fluid. They are techniques of fluidic or fascial rebalancing.
The skull can be treated both for post-partum alterations as happens in some advanced hospitals, or in adults in case of tinnitus, migraine, rhinitis, sinusitis, chewing, palatal, swallowing problems, and much more.
There are three general osteopathic principles:
- the body is a unity mind, body, spirit;
- the body has self-regulating and self-healing mechanisms;
- The structure and function are inter-related.
In addition to these points, the osteopath analyzes the patient through static and dynamic observation, palpation of the tissues, and uses osteopathic tests associated with orthopedic and neurological tests to understand the cause of the dysfunction.
We must know how to listen to the body and he will guide us towards the correct path, also improving your sports performances!
Marco Dalessandro
Degree in Motor Sciences and Master's Degree in Sciences of motor education and adapted physical activities
Four-year diploma of Shiatsu operator
Diploma Osteopath DO e MCB massage therapist
Inferno OCR Elite athlete
CrossFit trainer LV2 / Kids
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