Osteopathic philosophy provides a patient-centered rather than disease-centered model of healthcare. Many different groups of healthcare providers are now considering the merits of complementary and alternative approaches, including manual medicine and manual therapy in the care and treatment of children.
Existing textbooks on medical pediatrics and physical therapy may address selected orthopedic problems in children, but they are limited in scope and they rarely include the use of osteopathic principles, as An Osteopathic Approach to Children does.
Osteopathic Approach to the Nursing Dyad - Live Event