1. Osteopathy

 Osteopathy is a medical science in which the osteopath examines and treats the person with his or her hands.
Starting from the assumption that the body itself is able to regulate (heal) itself, provided that all structures are well movable and therefore well cared for, the osteopath examines the tissue of the whole body in order to detect and treat possible movement restrictions.
The osteopath acts with the patient in mind, i.e. he regards him as a unity of body, mind and soul, shaped by his individual environment.
The principle of osteopathy thus refers on the one hand to the mobility of the body in its entirety and on the other hand to the own movements of the tissues, the individual body parts and organ systems as well as their interaction. Every part of the body, every organ needs freedom of movement in order to function optimally. If mobility is restricted, osteopathy first sees tissue tensions and then functional disorders. From the osteopath's point of view, the organism can no longer compensate for the sum of these malfunctions - this leads to symptoms. Research into the causes of symptoms in the human body focuses on a structural disorder and the resulting dysfunction. This so-called somatic dysfunction has to be detected and corrected. Osteopathy treats preventatively and is useful for many diseases, as these are often the expression of a disturbed interaction between the various systems of the body and the organs. Sometimes the osteopath needs medical diagnostic  such as x-rays and laboratory values. They help him to assess his own possibilities as an osteopath.  
 
Osteopathy is a useful form of medicine that complements conventional medicine. More and more specialists work in cooperation with osteopaths.