Osteopathic principles and somatic dysfunction
The four tenets
- The person is a unit of body, mind and spirit.
- The body can regulate, heal and maintain itself.
- Structure and function are related to each other.
- Rational treatment is built on the first three.
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- The four tenets
- The five models
- Somatic dysfunction
- Acute versus chronic tissue
- Motion barriers
- Planes and axes
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