The Five Osteopathic Models: Rationale, Application, Integration - From an Evidence-Based to a Person-Centered Osteopathy

by Paulo Tozzi, Christian Lunghi, Giampiero Fusco

Far from being simply a sequence of techniques, as practised in many countries osteopathy is an independent primary health care system based on principles applied through a manual practice: a unique profession that takes care of the whole person through the application of five models (biomechanical, neurological, respiratory-circulatory, metabolic, and behavioral). These conceptual models of the relationship between structure and function allow osteopaths...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1909141682
• ISBN13: 9781909141681
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Handspring Publishing
• Length: 480 Pages