Is Osteopathy promoting long term preventative care?
Osteopaths teach their patients how to take responsibility for their own health. They show them how to make changes in their everyday life and activities in order to prevent injury or problems from reoccurring. By getting patients to take an active role in getting better they are promoting long term preventative care. Osteopathic preventative care is done in a number of ways: • By teaching patients how to become more aware of their posture and how to correct it • By teaching patients proper body mechanics, how to avoid injury and efficiently use their body • By teaching patients what is contributing to or aggravating their problem, and how to avoid it, either by modifying their habits or changing their surroundings (i.e.
