Mary Anne Morelli DO FACOPDuring my first year of medical school I experienced the benefits of osteopathic manipulation for asthma. As a child, I had significant difficulties with allergies and asthma. Gradually my symptoms lessened as I matured. But even in college and...
Very soon after my first course in Osteopathy in the Cranial was fired with enthusiasm to examine newborn babies. Over the next eight years I examined over fifteen hundred babies at a local hospital. All were examined within the first five days of...
Seizures may occur at any stage in life from newborn to old age. But the etiology or underlying cause may vary from patient to patient. Rare causes are organic brain diseases. For the child who develops seizures such conditions may be ruled out by...
Leon Chaitow ND DO MROManipulative methods as part of medical treatment are known to date back to earliest times. Hippocrates wrote of their value. Throughout medical history manual methods have been used, but almost always with a view to the correction of gross...
One purpose of osteopathic manipulative therapy (OMT) is to restore physiological motion to areas in which there is restriction or dysfunction. By restoring or improving function in the musculo-skeletal system, it is anticipated that all connected...
Osteopathy in Practice ;Most patients consulting osteopathic practitioners will
The practice of medicine and of osteopathy is an art, or skill in the application of definite rules and procedures. Such rules may, or may not, be based upon the accurate and logical interpretation of facts. If an art is based upon the logical...
Osteopathic Research ;A lot of research has been undertaken in the osteopathic
The Effects of Stress; Stress of a psychological or emotional nature can profoundly influence the overall functioning of the body.
If you have ever had an aching back, stiff neck, tennis elbow, 'gammy' knee or some such affliction of the body, then the chances are that you have sought the help of, or have been advised by someone to go to, an osteopath for relief. If, however...
