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osteopathy
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os·te·op·a·thy
/ ˌästēˈäpə[unvoicedth]ē/
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n.
a branch of medical practice that emphasizes the treatment of medical disorders through the manipulation and massage of the bones, joints, and muscles.
DERIVATIVES:
os·te·o·path
/ ˈästēəˌpa[unvoicedth]/ n.
os·te·o·path·ic
/ ˌästēəˈpa[unvoicedth]ik/ adj.
os·te·o·path·i·cal·ly
/ ˌästēəˈpa[unvoicedth]ik(ə)lē/ adv.
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 "St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)")
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OSTEOPATHY GROWS UP, GAINS ACCEPTANCE IN MANAGED-CARE WORLD.(Metro)(Profile\Osteopathy)
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 3/10/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...founding in rural Kirksville, Mo., osteopathy seems more in step than ever with today...where the need for doctors is greatest. Osteopathy's founder, Andrew Taylor Still...Those trends have fueled the growth in osteopathy. In the past decade, the number of...
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Through the rear view mirror: a content evaluation of the journal of Chiropractic & Osteopathy for the years 2005-2008.(Review)
Magazine article from: Chiropractic and Osteopathy; 11/13/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...become the journal, Chiropractic & Osteopathy was first published in 1992. Chiropractic & Osteopathy , the official journal of the Chiropractic...to the Australasian Chiropractic and Osteopathy journal in 1996 and in 2005 became Chiropractic...
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Osteopathy lures graduate
Newspaper article from: The Press; 1/17/2000; 697 words
; Glyn Flutey is in his first year of osteopathy studies at Unitec working towardsa Bachelor...degree," he says. Before choosing osteopathy, Glyn looked into chiropractic and...s complaint. "What appealed about osteopathy is its holistic approach," says Glyn...
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Hypertrophic osteopathy secondary to oesophageal foreign body in a dog--a case report/Hipertroficna osteopatija kao posljedica stranoga tijela u jednjaku psa-prikaz slucaja.(Case study)(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: Veterinarski Arhiv; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT Hypertrophic osteopathy is a pathological disease process...adherent to the wall. Hypertrophic osteopathy secondary to oesophageal foreign...histopathology. Key words: hypertrophic osteopathy, oesophagus, bony, foreign body...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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Why osteopathy is child's play.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 7/3/2005; 700+ words
; ...guidelines outside of seeing your local GP. Osteopathy, however, is now so regularly used...t so well known is how beneficial osteopathy can be for babies and children. Recently...charity devoted to making paediatric osteopathy available to all, and to training osteopaths...
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Remember when...osteopathy was called a cult?
Magazine article from: Medical Economics; 4/27/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...page 155 is an article titled, "Why osteopathy is still considered a cult." It was...machines were new at that time, but osteopathy had been around for about 80 years...principles of Andrew T. Still, founder of osteopathy, who maintained that most disease could...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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Osteopathy could reduce recurrent ear infections Exercise won't aggravate RA Family therapy for bipolar disorder
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 9/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Record (Bergen County, NJ) 09-22-2003 Osteopathy could reduce recurrent ear infections Exercise...standard treatment or standard treatment with osteopathy. After six months, children in the osteopathy group had 0.19 ear infections in an average...
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Acupuncture, chiropractic and osteopathy use in Australia: a national population survey.(Research article)(Survey)
Magazine article from: BMC Public Health; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...medicine are acupuncture, chiropractic and osteopathy. In all Australian states, chiropractic and osteopathy are subject to statutory regulation and...popularity of acupuncture, chiropractic and osteopathy in Australia, there have been no published...
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Osteopathy makes new trend in medicine
News Wire article from: University Wire; 5/9/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...prescribe medicine. Students who study osteopathy, a form of medicine that was established in 1892, receive doctor of osteopathy degrees which also establish them as fully licensed medical doctors. Osteopathy, whose popularity is increasing...
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 "Express & Echo (Exeter UK)")
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Call for children with cerebral palsy to join osteopathy research
Newspaper article from: Express & Echo (Exeter UK); 10/10/2007; 665 words
; ...Medical School are trying to find out if osteopathy is helpful for children with cerebral...and be able to judge clearly whether osteopathy is a helpful treatment for children...movement and can vary in severity. Osteopathy has become a popular form of treatment...
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Osteopathy
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
OSTEOPATHY OSTEOPATHY is a system of medicine in which the structure and functions of the...1889. Just three years later, Still opened the American School of Osteopathy (later renamed Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine); the...
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osteopathy
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
osteopathy first developed from the 1870s onwards...injuries. As Gevitz, a noted historian of osteopathy, points out, at that time Still may...period was only the starting point of osteopathy's subsequent growth as a rival and...
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SIC 8031 Offices and Clinics of Doctors of Osteopathy
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...8031OFFICES AND CLINICS OF DOCTORS OF OSTEOPATHY This industry consists of offices and...1998 there were 44,000 doctors of osteopathy (DOs) in the United States, making...While exact figures on the revenues in osteopathy as a whole are not available, doctors...
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Spinal Manipulative Therapy
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
...widely used of these approaches are osteopathy and chiropractic . Most areas and societies...massage and osseous adjustments. Benefits Osteopathy and chiropractic in particular have...accidents or surgery to restore mobility. Osteopathy and chiropractic can treat problems...
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massage
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...physical therapy, chiropractic , and osteopathy . Some forms of therapeutic touching...medical practice. Chiropractic and osteopathy are two medical disciplines involving...respectability within the health care system. Osteopathy had its origins in the efforts of Andrew...
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