0 relating to osteopathy (= the treatment of injuries to bones and muscles using pressure and movement): --
The osteopathic profession has been fulfilling those criteria now for a number of years.
A further reason still is that conventional medical insurance does not cover osteopathic treatment.
Osteopathic treatment involves the use of predominantly gentle manual methods of treatment.
Since the earliest days of its development, osteopathic treatment has been popular with the public.
Even the medical profession is not agreed on this point, and there are broadminded medical practitioners who to-day send their patients on for osteopathic treatment.
There are other professional and postgraduate osteopathic associations with some 320 additional members.
I believe that the other main therapy groups will be watching developments within the osteopathic profession with interest.
Osteopathic treatment involves the use of predominantly gentle manual methods of manipulation.
