Osteopathy as a profession started in united states in 1874 by Andrew Taylor Still. Osteopathy views human being as a whole, according to it’s 4 basic tenets :
1. The human being is a dynamic functional unit, whose state of health is influenced by the body, mind and the living context;
2. The body possesses self-regulatory mechanisms and is naturally selfhealing;
3. Structure and function are interrelated at all levels of the human body
4. Rational treatment is based on these principles.
Osteopathic treatment can consist of many different techniques of physical manipulation.
Typically osteopathic treatments are used for:
– Joint pains
– Back pain
– Chronical pain
– Movement limitations
– Headaches
Personally I’m interested in the working mainly with soft techniques, addressing stress, nervous system, viscera (inner organs) and fascia (connective tissue).
Within the current state of the world it seems specially relevant to work with the nervous system and alleviate the symptoms of stress, like sleeping problems, headache’s, jaw and neck tension, digestive problems.