- Industry: Alternative therapy
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The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) is a non-profit organization that supports the United States' colleges of osteopathic medicine and serves as a unifying voice for osteopathic medical education. Governed by its Board of Deans and led by President Stephen C. ...
An intermediate detailed examination of specific body regions that have been identified by findings emerging from the initial examination.
Industry:Alternative therapy
An objective quantification of lumbar lordosis typically determined by measuring the angle between the superior surface of the second lumbar vertebra and the inferior surface of the fifth lumbar vertebra; best measured from a standing lateral x-ray film.
Industry:Alternative therapy
An objective quantification of lumbar lordosis typically determined by measuring the angle between the superior surface of the second lumbar vertebra and the superior surface of the first sacral segment; best measured from a standing lateral x-ray film.
Industry:Alternative therapy
An observed association between the superior and inferior vertebrae, which are paired two by two. The cervical and superior thoracic biomechanics act in a synchronous manner with the lumbar and inferior thoracic biomechanics. For example, if C1 is in a right posterior positional lesion, L5 also moves into a right posterior position. In this case, L5 is the “Lovett partner” of C1. The treatment of L5 helps to stabilize C1 and the skull by changing the lines of gravity.
Industry:Alternative therapy
An oscillation that has been measured in association with blood pressure, heart rate, cardiac contractility, pulmonary blood flow, cerebral blood flow and movement of the cerebrospinal fluid, and peripheral blood flow including venous volume and thermal regulation. This wholebody phenomenon, which exhibits a rate typically slightly less than and independent of respiration, bears a striking resemblance to the primary respiratory mechanism.
Industry:Alternative therapy
An osteopathic practitioner-directed inhalation and/ or exhalation by the patient to assist the manipulative treatment process.
Industry:Alternative therapy
An osteopathic system of diagnosis and indirect treatment in which the patient’s somatic dysfunction, diagnosed by (an) associated myofascial tenderpoint(s), is treated by using a passive position, resulting in spontaneous tissue release and at least 70 percent decrease in tenderness.
Industry:Alternative therapy
An osteopathic technique employing a rapid, therapeutic force of brief duration that travels a short distance within the anatomic range of motion of a joint, and that engages the restrictive barrier in one or more planes of motion to elicit release of restriction. Also known as thrust technique.
Industry:Alternative therapy
An osteopathic treatment strategy by which the dysfunctional component is carried away from the restrictive barrier and beyond the range of voluntary motion to a point of palpably increased tension.
Industry:Alternative therapy
An osteopathic treatment strategy by which the restrictive barrier is engaged and a final activating force is applied to correct somatic dysfunction.
Industry:Alternative therapy
