What does the osteopath do and what does osteopathy cure? How is this professional figure formed and which laws regulate his profession? All the resources useful for understanding the role of the osteopath.
The osteopath works on the human body in the sense of physiology and energy , knows how to bring balance to the joint, visceral and fascial side, stimulates and facilitates the mechanisms of self-regulation, body adaptation and restoration of homeostasis. Let's find out better.
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What the osteopath does
The consultation with the osteopath opens with a medical history that starts from the patient's main disorder, and then goes back up to the osteopathic injury (s) implicated in the problem (integrated as a whole).
The good therapist knows how to identify the barriers that hinder the mobility and elasticity of the anatomical structures that can limit the body in its physiological functions. This process will allow him to develop an appropriate treatment. To this end, it will use structural or functional manual techniques on all the structures of the locomotor system (ligaments, muscles, fascia, bones, etc.), visceral and craniosacral.
Osteopathy treats reversible functional lesions . In other words, it is not indicated, for example, in the event of a fracture, a tumor or to treat serious illnesses that endanger a person's life.
In addition to the possibility of opening its own clinic, the osteopath can collaborate with other health figures, and in particular in various specialized fields of conventional medicine. The sectors of intervention concern the carrying structure of the organism and all the connections within it and with the adjacent systems (for example: orthopedics, otorhinolaryngology, odonto-stomatology, pediatrics, ophthalmology, geriatrics, urology, gastro-enterolology, cardiology, endocrinology, gynecology, etc.).
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Become an osteopath
To become an osteopath, a six-year training course is required in which basic medical sciences such as anatomy, pathology, physiology, biomechanics, biochemistry, biophysics, embryology, histology, neurology and others, as well as purely osteopathic subjects, will be studied. Education in Italy is not university-level, but private.
Osteopath in Italy and abroad
The Ministry of Health does not issue a license to practice the profession of osteopath . The practice turns out to be qualifying only if the osteopath is already in possession of a previous authorized health title (surgeon, dentist or physiotherapist). Otherwise, the professional title is invalid, at least until there is official recognition .
The lack of a legal status for osteopathy has as its objective necessity the constitution of professional associative forms that are used in obtaining not only a legal recognition of osteopathy, but also regulation and protection of the osteopathic profession . The lack of rules governing the exercise means that the professional figure of the osteopath is not protected by the law, and therefore that it is allowed for anyone to practice it, to the detriment of osteopaths but above all of patients. The main Italian regulatory association is the Superior Council of Osteopathy (CSdO), formed by the major associations of osteopathic professionals present in the national territory.
In the United States, where it was born, osteopathy entered public health in 1991.
The legislation on osteopathy in Europe has spread unevenly with substantial differences from country to country.
What are the laws and professional requirements to become an osteopath in Italy?
Curiosity
Osteopaths are able to work on breathing disorders, restoring the right harmony between inhalation and exhalation.
Useful resources on the profession of osteopath
- Italian Academy of Osteopathic-Postural Therapy
- Register of Osteopaths in Italy (ROI)
- Italian Trade Union Federation of Osteopaths (FeSIOs)
- Association of Italian osteopathic doctors (AMOI)
- Italian Association of Manual Medicine (AIMM)
- Professional Osteopathic Union of Italy (UPOI)
- Italian Association of Classical Osteopathy (AIOC)
- Forum for Osteopathic Regulation in Europe (FORE)
- European Federation of Osteopaths (FEO)
- Rééquilibration fonctionnelle - Solère Method in Italy
- Osteopatianews, study and research on the discipline
- Tuttosteopatia, the portal of osteopathy
- List of schools of osteopathy
- Selection of books on osteopathy
The osteopathic visit to re-enter harmony within the body-mind structure
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