Apparently in the US, they required osteopaths to start studying real medicine as well at some point, but it looks like in a lot of countries, osteopathy continues to be pure bunk.
Osteopathy (from Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon) ‘bone’, and πάθος (páthos) ‘pain, suffering’) is a type of pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine that emphasizes physical manipulation of the body’s muscle tissue and bones.[1][2] In most countries, practitioners of osteopathy are not medically trained and are referred to as osteopaths.[3][4][5]
Osteopathic manipulation is the core set of techniques in osteopathy.[6] Parts of osteopathy, such as craniosacral therapy, have no therapeutic value and have been labeled as pseudoscience and quackery.[7][8] The techniques are based on an ideology created by Andrew Taylor Still (1828–1917) which posits the existence of a “myofascial continuity”—a tissue layer that “links every part of the body with every other part”. Osteopaths attempt to diagnose and treat what was originally called “the osteopathic lesion”, but which is now named “somatic dysfunction”,[6] by manipulating a person’s bones and muscles. Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) techniques are most commonly used to treat back pain and other musculoskeletal issues.[6][non-primary source needed][9]
Osteopathic manipulation is still included in the curricula of osteopathic physicians or Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) training in the US. The Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree, however, became a medical degree and is no longer a degree of non-medical osteopathy.
You should do the same. Osteopathy and osteopathic medicine are distinct disciplines. The former is quackery. DOs are the latter and are real physicians.
I am interested in this, can you point me in the direction of some information around it? It was my understanding that D.O.s are licensed and have admitting privileges, work in hospitals, etc. Which naturopaths, homeopathic practitioners and chiropractors cannot do.
She’s an osteopath. Calling her a doctor is like calling myself a “Pasta Architect” because I made a lasagne.
I think you’re confusing osteopathic with homeopathic or chiropractic. DOs are board certified physicians.
Apparently in the US, they required osteopaths to start studying real medicine as well at some point, but it looks like in a lot of countries, osteopathy continues to be pure bunk.
It’s not. You’re confusing it with chiropractors.
No, I’m not. Chiropractic is also snake oil, sure, but that doesn’t make osteopathy real medicine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteopathy
Read that last paragraph. Osteopathic medicine is a distinct, real discipline and not quackery.
Osteopathy is pseudoscientific quackery.
The US has a degree that includes real medicine. That does not legitimize osteopathy.
The first paragraph says it’s pseudoscience… maybe not the best article to settle a debate, lol.
Please read up on osteopathy before saying its any different than chiropractors or homeopathics. Its the same pseudoscience mumbo-jumbo.
You should do the same. Osteopathy and osteopathic medicine are distinct disciplines. The former is quackery. DOs are the latter and are real physicians.
I am interested in this, can you point me in the direction of some information around it? It was my understanding that D.O.s are licensed and have admitting privileges, work in hospitals, etc. Which naturopaths, homeopathic practitioners and chiropractors cannot do.