What are the tenets of Osteopathic Medicine?

Osteopathic medicine is based on the following principles. These direct the osteopathic diagnosis and treatment.

• The body is a co-ordinated unit, with contiguous tissues intimately related to and influencing each other.
• The structure and function of the body are reciprocally inter-related.
• The body has the inherent capacity to regulate, defend and repair itself.
• When the normal adaptability is disrupted, or when environmental changes overcome the body’s capacity for self-maintenance, dysfunction or disease may develop.
• Tissue and organs which receive optimal nutrition, blood supply and drainage are more able to function well.
• There are musculoskeletal components to disease that are not only part of the disease, but also contribute to the continuance of the disease.
• Logical treatment of disease should consider these principles.

Add to that a good, complete diet of real food, regular physical activity and no deleterious addictions, and you'll have an optimal level of well being specifically and uniquely yours.