A medical doctor named Andrew Still MD DO (1828-1917) from Missouri, America, discovered the significance of Living anatomy in health and disease. ‘‘Dr Still realized that optimal health is possible when all of the tissues and cells of the body function together in harmonious motion’’. ‘‘He reasoned that disease could have its origins in slight anatomical deviation from normal’’. (Osteopathy Australia, Our history, 2018/reference direct quote)
Dr Still acknowledged that the human body is composed of many parts, all functioning, and all intimately related with one another to function as a whole. He conceived the idea of new medical system that recognized the relationships between the body, mind, emotions and spirit. Establishing that he could …show more content…
Taking action into his own hands, he made a swing from his father’s plow-line between two trees, his head hurt too much to swing comfortably, so he let the rope down to about 8 to 10 inches off the ground, placed a blanket over it, laying stretched on the ground and his neck across the rope. Soon he drifted off to sleep. Waking up he found that his headache was gone. Dr Still followed this method of treating his headaches for 20 years accepting that this method worked for himself, before he reasoned out the how and why that this particular treatment worked. What his neck rope did was suspending the action of the occipital nerves and give harmony to the flow of arterial blood through the veins and ease the effect of the headache. (Adler, P., & Northup, G. W., …show more content…
On June 22nd 1874 Dr Andrew Taylor Still, revealed Osteopathy to the world.
(Walter, G. W. (1993)
Osteopathy has progressed along and developed greatly since it was first revealed to the world those many years ago. Many of the traditional practices still have relevance and continue to influence how we approach and treat using osteopathic practices today. Osteopathy is accepted as an allied health, with a combination of traditional and modern scientific philosophies.
‘‘Osteopathy has been practiced in Australia for over 100 years and been taught in university’s since the early 1980’s’’. (Osteopathy Australia, Our history, 2018)
‘‘The Australian Osteopathic Association was founded in 1955 in Victoria, the AOA developed into a national body in 1991 and became Osteopathy Australia in 2014. Today OA represents osteopaths in all states and territory’s across Australia. They are a member of Allied Health Professions Australia and the Osteopathic International Alliance.’’ (Osteopathy Australia, Our history, 2018) Allowing them to have a seat at the table, and a voice in regards to allied health’s future and the future of Osteopathy within the medical
Dr Still acknowledged that the human body is composed of many parts, all functioning, and all intimately related with one another to function as a whole. He conceived the idea of new medical system that recognized the relationships between the body, mind, emotions and spirit. Establishing that he could …show more content…
Taking action into his own hands, he made a swing from his father’s plow-line between two trees, his head hurt too much to swing comfortably, so he let the rope down to about 8 to 10 inches off the ground, placed a blanket over it, laying stretched on the ground and his neck across the rope. Soon he drifted off to sleep. Waking up he found that his headache was gone. Dr Still followed this method of treating his headaches for 20 years accepting that this method worked for himself, before he reasoned out the how and why that this particular treatment worked. What his neck rope did was suspending the action of the occipital nerves and give harmony to the flow of arterial blood through the veins and ease the effect of the headache. (Adler, P., & Northup, G. W., …show more content…
On June 22nd 1874 Dr Andrew Taylor Still, revealed Osteopathy to the world.
(Walter, G. W. (1993)
Osteopathy has progressed along and developed greatly since it was first revealed to the world those many years ago. Many of the traditional practices still have relevance and continue to influence how we approach and treat using osteopathic practices today. Osteopathy is accepted as an allied health, with a combination of traditional and modern scientific philosophies.
‘‘Osteopathy has been practiced in Australia for over 100 years and been taught in university’s since the early 1980’s’’. (Osteopathy Australia, Our history, 2018)
‘‘The Australian Osteopathic Association was founded in 1955 in Victoria, the AOA developed into a national body in 1991 and became Osteopathy Australia in 2014. Today OA represents osteopaths in all states and territory’s across Australia. They are a member of Allied Health Professions Australia and the Osteopathic International Alliance.’’ (Osteopathy Australia, Our history, 2018) Allowing them to have a seat at the table, and a voice in regards to allied health’s future and the future of Osteopathy within the medical