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Osteopathy. Stephanie Pamouktsis . What is Osteopathy?. Osteopathy is a form of a drug-free non-invasive manual medicine that focuses on body health by treating and strengthening the musculoskeletal framework, which includes the joints, muscles and spine. When was osteopathy developed?.
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Osteopathy Stephanie Pamouktsis
What is Osteopathy? • Osteopathy is a form of a drug-free non-invasive manual medicine that focuses on body health by treating and strengthening the musculoskeletal framework, which includes the joints, muscles and spine.
When was osteopathy developed? • Osteopathy is developed in the late 1800s in the united states of America where the aim of using manual ‘hands on’ techniques to improve circulation and using the right altered biomechanics but without the use of drugs. • Osteopathy was also developed in Australia in the early 1940s, and there are currently over 1100 osteopathic practises across the country.