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• • • Osteopathy is a type of that emphasizes manual readjustments, myofascial release and other physical manipulation of muscle tissue and bones. Practitioners of osteopathy are referred to as osteopaths. Its name derives from 'bone' () and 'sensitive to' or 'responding to' (). While the national health services of some countries consider there is 'good' evidence for osteopathy as a treatment for low back pain and 'limited evidence to suggest it may be effective for some types of neck, shoulder or lower limb pain and recovery after hip or knee operations', there is little, or insufficient, evidence that osteopathy is effective as a treatment for health conditions 'unrelated' to the bones and muscles, 'such as headaches, migraines, painful periods, digestive disorders, depression and excessive crying in babies (colic)'; an explicit reference to the claims of. Others have concluded that osteopathic style manipulation 'failed to produce compelling evidence' for efficacy in treating musculoskeletal pain. The government policy and legal framework in which practitioners operate vary greatly from country to country and is discussed below. In particular, there are differences as to whether or not practitioners must be physicians or medical doctors, as well as differences in the titles used by practitioners, with some countries have multiple titles with different meanings such as 'osteopath' and '.

Main article: Those trained only in manual osteopathic treatment, generally to relieve muscular and skeletal conditions, are referred to as osteopaths. These non-physician practitioners are not permitted to use the title D.O. In the United States. [ ] This is to avoid confusion with who are trained and certified to practice in the branch of called. The and the recommend using the terms (U.S.-trained only) and osteopathic medicine in reference to osteopathic medicine as practiced in the United States. Osteopathic physicians earn the degree of (D.O.).

Osteopathic medicine in the United States has always meant a physician trained in and entitled to the full scope of medical practice. Osteopathy or osteopath as written in some U.S. State and federal laws refers only to osteopathic medicine or osteopathic physicians, respectively. With the increased internationalization of the profession, these older terms have fallen out of favor as generally accepted use due to the confusion they may cause. Egypt and the Middle East [ ] Hesham Khalil introduced osteopathy in the Middle East at a local physical therapy conference in Cairo, Egypt in 2005 with a lecture titled 'The global Osteopathic Concept / Holistic approach in Somatic Dysfunction'. Since then he has toured the Middle East to introduce osteopathy in other Middle Eastern and North African countries, including Sudan, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait and Oman. In December 2007 the first Workshop on Global osteopathic approach was held at the Nasser Institute Hospital for Research and Treatment, sponsored by the Faculty of Physical Therapy, University of Cairo, Egypt.

On August 6, 2010, the Egyptian Osteopathic Society (OsteoEgypt) was founded. Download Lagu Flumpool Hana Ni Nare. OsteoEgypt promotes a two-tier model of osteopathy in Egypt and the Middle East.

The event was timed to coincide with the birthday of A.T. [ ] India [ ] is the first university in India to offer M.Sc in Osteopathy program by following the benchmarks defined by the World Health Organization for training in Osteopathy. See also [ ] • • References [ ].