What is the difference between Osteopaths and Chiropractors?
Essentially both are systems of physical therapy using hands on techniques to alleviate pain and dysfunction, however each system places a different emphasis on treatment modalities. For example: Chiropractors believe that all disease within the body has its origin in spinal restrictions, and therefore aim to release spinal restrictions with the use of manipulation. Osteopaths believe in four main principles that therefore define each treatment plan which are: 1. ‘The rule of the artery’ meaning excellent circulation is key to maintaining the health of the body. 2. ‘The body is a unit’, meaning that we consider the body as whole entity, and that dysfunction in one area of the body is the sum of dysfunction in other areas of the body that have contributed to it. 3. ‘Structure governs function’, meaning there is a direct relationship between how the body functions, for example whether we are able to use muscles to their optimum, and the structure of the body. 4. ‘ The body possesses it’s
