A field of medicine emphasizing diagnosing and treating structural problems through manipulating the musculoskeletal system. Practitioners receive much the same training and perform similar functions as medical doctors.
A branch of medicine that focuses on the interactive relationships among the many body systems and the shifting balance among them as it relates to a person’s health. In all 50 states, osteopaths receive the same medical license that physicians do.
A form of conventional medicine that, in part, emphasizes diseases arising in the musculoskeletal system. There is an underlying belief that all of the body’s systems work together, and disturbances in one system may affect function elsewhere in the body.