What is the difference between mobility and motility?
Aristotle wrote, “Movement is life”. Each organ, viscera, articulation, etc. is attached and articulates in relation to a bone and/or another viscera for support and in order to function (stomach digestion, thyroid or pancreatic secretion, the compression and expansion of a lung, etc.) This is mobility. Each organ, viscera, articulation, etc. is in continuous intrinsic movement,i.e., in relation to itself within the human body. This is motility. The Osteopath DOs concern is to unblock the ligaments or fasciae which support the organ, viscera, articulation, etc. in order to restore mobility and then normalize the intrinsic motility of these parts of the body.
