Medicine: the science and art dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention and alleviation of the state of disease.
Disease: a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury.
Osteopathic Manual Medicine (OMM) is a branch of health care that embraces the concept of the unity of the living organism’s structural anatomy, functional motion and physiologic design. Osteopathic Manual Medicine incorporates the widest variety of proven branches of Medicine into one comprehensive group of hands-on techniques that respect the human bodies capacity to heal […]
Neuromuscular Medicine (NMM) is a subdiscipline of neurology and physical medicine and rehabilitation that includes abnormalities of the motor neuron, nerve roots, peripheral nerves, neuromuscular junction, and muscle, including disorders that affect adults and children. Specialists in Neuromuscular Medicine possess specialized knowledge in the science, clinical evaluation, and management of these disorders. This encompasses the […]
Visceral Manipulation (VM) is a gentle but effective Osteopathic approach to reanimating the natural motion and processes inherent to respiration, digestion, metabolism and elimination. The term “Visceral” relates to the internal organs, glands, ducts and transit pathways of the body such as the adrenals, liver, kidneys, intestines. heart and lungs. Visceral Manipulation a series of Osteopathic Manual […]
Cranial Osteopathy, often referred to as Cranio-Sacral Therapy, plays an integral part of ensuring that the strongest component of health, the Primary Respiratory Mechanism, as well as the individual’s “sense of self” is “present” and “vital” once the structure and function of the body, it’s organs, blood-flow, neurology and elimination pathways are all working harmoniously. […]
Biodynamic Osteopathy views the body as a whole; no body part is any more or less important than another, and all are part of a larger field of life. Biodynamic Osteopathy emphasizes that every individual structure must be communicating as a “breath of life” in order for whole body health to be expressed in it’s absolute […]
While the term PTSD is usually reserved for veterans of war, victims of assault, or for persons dealing with significant trauma, many individuals go through life with an accumulation of circumstances that in many cases have “stacked” one upon the other to form an adaptive sympathetic overlay. Each event, regardless of size or duration, equals […]
