Can anyone tell me the diffrence between oesteopath&chiropractor?
Answer:
chiropractor only deals with backs, oestopath deals with bones
Got it in one, Jody
According to the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), osteopathic medicine is a complete system of healthcare with a philosophy that combines the needs of the patient with the current practice of medicine. Doctors of osteopathic medicine (DOs) practice a whole-person approach, which means they consider both the physical and mental needs of their patients. A key part of osteopathic medicine is a technique called OMT, or osteopathic manipulative treatment. OMT allows physicians to use their hands as a primary tool to diagnose and treat illness and injury. This form of manual medicine lets DOs examine the back and other parts of the body, such as joints, tendons, ligaments, and muscles, for pain and restriction during motion that could signal an injury or impaired function.
A chiropractor is a doctor who treats pain naturally. No drugs or surgeries are involved in this treatment. A chiropractor believes in the natural healing process of the body. According to this doctor, the spine is the center and the most important part of the body. If there is any problem with the spine, the problem is then spread to other parts of the body. This chain reaction of pain travels to various parts of the body which soon starts to feel injured.
Since the treatment method of the chiropractor does not involve the use of any drugs, it makes you save some money as you don’t have to make those trips to the pharmacy to buy any medicine. It feels good also to find that no drug is being used to bring relief from pain. Primarily the chiropractor studies the root of the pain. This he does by studying your diet and exercise habits as well as the state of mind you are in.
Like the Chinese doctors who use acupuncture and acupressure therapies to cure pain, chiropractor doctors use their hands to fix the pain. Both these practices have been in existence for centuries. Sometimes chiropractor doctors more than one method to cure pain. Chiropractic therapy deals with the spine and acupressure therapy deals with the entire body, a combination of both brings about optimal pain relief. And of course, you save money as both are done in the same visit to the doctor.
While I think Amembal's answer is very good (and almost always are the very best on the page), I feel he left these items out: 1) My understanding is that chiropractors and doctors all study the same curriculum for at least the first 4 years of their education. This would imply their medical training is identical and then diverges as they go on to specialize. Hey! Guess what? The same is true of MD's!!My further understanding is that there is EXTREMELY little difference between an osteopath and a chiropractor, especially in terms of practice. They both deal w/ primarily spinal manipulations/adjustments to render cure to the body. The doctor who helped me birth my daughter was practicing as an Ob/Gyn, but was actually an osteopath first and a crisis pregnancy specialist second--I think the correct term for this is Perinatologist, pls. correct me if I am wrong. There is MUCH overlap between the professions in all of medicine, whether that is given verbal credence by the conservatives and skeptics, or not. 2) It is important to remember that the AMA came into existence in 1848 with the specific and express purpose of putting all other competitors out of business and taking their competitors' clients for themselves, especially the clients of homeopaths, chiropractors and midwives. How interesting to call someone "a quack or a scheister or a charlatan", co-opt their teachings, diagnositic techniques, treatments and licensure/certification process, call it a different name and pretend you have come up with something new or different or innovative, or that because YOU now use the treatments and procedures that now they are "okay". How interesting to pompously set yourself up as the last word on all things healthy but actually be the CAUSE of over 900,000 deaths in this country last year alone from unproven, unnecessary and highly specious "procedures"(let's talk about 100,000 UNNECESSARY hysterectomies last year alone!), medical malpractice, drug interactions, under- and overdosing, and quite simply irresponsible and badly performed "work" on people that many times didn't even need the surgeries or drugs in the first place?
The United States is 38th in infant mortality rates, not first where it should be. Some doctors are already at an over 50% caesarian rate. Does it not make intuitive sense to begin to seek one's cure with the LEAST invasive procedures possible? Does it not make sense to be the most careful and the most skeptical about a profession which uses cutting, poisons and radiation as its "cure"? I'm not saying never use allopathic medicine. There is a time and a place for "everything under heaven" and allopathic medicine has saved my life twice and my daughter's once now, so don't think I'm not greatful and aware. I've also been misdiagnosed with pleurisy and pneumonia for 10 days when I had thrown a pulmonary embolism, by a doctor who never even bothered to check to see whether I might have had a PE or DVT's--extremely common and potentially deadly sequelae of pregnancy--and I've been 90% undermedicated with a drug (heparin) that if it had gone the other way and had I been 90% OVERmedicated would have killed me--all because a physician's handwriting on an order was illegible or a nurse misread a zero.
My daughter is a meningococcemia survivor. She's on her ninth surgery now, and to tell you the truth, most of them, especially Achilles' tendon lengthening have been worthless, with the beneficial effects lasting less than a year, if that. If I have learned ANYTHING (and believe me, I have) it is that surgeons CUT and that they will promise you the moon and the stars and are very, very rarely able to deliver on that in any way, shape or form.
I have a mom who was given a radical mastectomy when she would have been fine with a lumpectomy. It effects her health to this day. She is maimed and scarred for life b/c some cut-hungry male idiot w/ a scalpel in his hands told her she would die if he didn't remove her entire breast, all her lymph nodes and all her fascia/connective tissue down to her ribs and up into her armpit (axila). Here's a clue: except for her cancer in situ, all other tissues came back clear. So let's talk about medical overkill here, let's.
I think it most prudent to seek one's cure first with methods that are unlikely to kill one, or to use the two methodologies in tandem/concert. I think there's NOTHING better than emergency care/trauma treatment in this country, but in all other aspects of care, I think you can (and should) safely look elsewhere, especially in women's medicine.
I've had an acupuncturist save my life when I was hemorrhaging postpartum and my OB wanted to do a D&C and then a complete hysterectomy if necessary. I was 21.
I've had a Network Chiropractor get me out of a potentially life-threatening asthma attack in about 15 minutes.
I've had one birth w/ midwives at a birthing center and one now at a hospital in "high risk" status b/c of diabetes and a genetic blood clotting disorder. Guess which experience was BY FAR the better?
Sorry, I think I've diverged a bit from the original topic, but I SEE RED when people talk about osteopaths, chiropractors and other alternative practitioners with anything other than the utmost respect and love. These alternative practitioners are the ones who will get medicine to where it needs to be in the next millenium, and they will get it there by LISTENING to their patients.
I think the prior answer is a bit misinformed.
Although Osteopathy has traditionally been associated with bone and muscle manipulation, these days someone with a D.O. (Doctor of Osteopathy) certification is essentially the same as an M.D. Schools which issue Osteopathy degrees do spend more of the preliminary anatomical training on the musculo-skeletal system, and therefore osteopaths might look for musculo-skeletal roots for one's symptoms. But you can trust an Osteopath as a medical professional using scientifically proven methods of health care.
Not at all true for Chiropractors. Most chiropractors will be good at manipulating your spinal bones and massaging your back to help relieve tension or muscle soreness. However there are a significant number of chiroprators that claim to have this magical power over what they refer to as "subluxations," which they might blame for pretty much any illness. They won't tell you that it is magic but there is absolutely NO scientific basis for it. They will say that by manipulating your spine they are "realigning your energies" or some such crap, and are able to cure your cancer, or heart disease, or kidney problems, or whatever. Many will even claim that chiropracty will eliminate the need for vaccines and immunizations in children, thereby endangering public health. They consider themselves doctors but they are FRAUDS.
This isn't true for all chiropractors, just those that claim to be "alternative medicine" specialists or "holistic practitioners." Avoid these. If you have a backache and want to see a chiropractor, see a reputable chiropractor that doesn't have these false pretentions.
So in short, Osteopath = general medicine doctor, chiropractor = masseuse.
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