Although still considered a form of alternative or complementary medicine, osteopathy has a particularly ancient origin and nowadays the health systems of many countries recommend it as a very beneficial practice .
For a century and a half osteopathy and its practices are under the magnifying glass of science and, to date, it seems that there are positive relationships regarding well-being brought to the parts of the skeleton relative to the lower part of the body, while they still remain doubts on a concrete beneficial effect regarding the practices that aim to restore the health of the upper part of the body, especially for the neck.
3 reasons to contact the osteopath
There are various reasons to turn to an osteopath, concerning the benefits we can derive from osteopathy.
1. The first of these reasons is to make a general check-up as the osteopath is able to detect potential problems .
2. The second reason why you turn to the osteopath: after identifying a problem or having begun to feel the first symptoms, the osteopath can apply a whole series of treatments for preventive purposes .
3. Finally, if we have not turned to an osteopath for a screening and we have ignored the symptoms related to the problems that our body reported to us, making them become chronic, we can turn to the osteopath for treatment.
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The most common symptoms treated by osteopathy
Although for each of these three cases the techniques applied by the osteopath are different, we can say that in general it practices physical manipulations in the form of stretching, massages and tractions that act not only on the bones but also on the joints, on the muscles, on the blood vessels.
Its practices, however vast and complex, are limited to this kind of manipulation and there is no osteopathic form of intervention on the body by administering drugs, prescribing diets, or direct surgical interventions.
According to various research, the most common reasons for patients to turn to the osteopath are:
> Pain in the lower back.
> Posture problems.
> Neck pains.
> Infurtuni linked to sports practice.
> Pains in the shoulders.
> Problems with the pelvis and legs.
> Arthritis.
The first kind of pain can have a wide range of causes, among which there is usually an incorrect posture at work or school, an incorrect use of the body at work, or a bad sleep. The problems of posture, linked to pain in the lower back are, as mentioned due to an incorrect position in the office or on school desks, or driving.
The period of pregnancy can also lead to posture problems. Added to these are congenital posture problems. Neck pains often originate from the activity they perform, often at work. But it also depends on the climate in which one lives, the level of humidity in the environment and, finally, stress, especially the emotional one.
Many people reveal that they suffer neck pains in conjunction with separations or divorces .
The injuries related to the sporting activity on which the osteopath is called most in question are not so much those of traumatic origin, except for falls on the schiana and on the neck, but those due to excessive training, the so-called "overtraining", capable above all to inflate and compromise joints, cartilage and tendons.
These pains are also of various origins: due to an incorrect and / or too prolonged activity, to traumas like a car accident, to reasons related to excessive cold and humidity, and finally to various psychosomatic causes, among which the excess of responsibility stand out.
The problems with the pelvis and legs, as well as being connected to the famous overtraining or to a work that is too heavy and heavy, can have a congenital cause, or a strong trauma, or dentition defects that affect the spine and pelvis . Finally, the arthritis, which mainly afflicts the hands, is often treated by osteopaths to slow development and reduce pain and reduced mobility .
