30 September 2014 | Medway Osteopathic Clinic
Infections
Freedom from pain is usually what patients come to the osteopath for.
Osteopathic principles state that freedom of movement within the body − within physiological limits - is essential to healthy living. Physiological limits are those that are essential to living tissue.
In science no theory becomes a law, even if the theory of gravity keeps you attached to the planet.
The essential movements of fluids within the body feeds and nourishes the tissues, a lack of percolation leads to stagnant starving or overfed areas. Experiments have shown that introduced tumours grow best where fluid flows are poor.
Underlying most illness, according to osteopathic theory, is unhealthy body. Overstressed, overworked muscles and organs fail to do their job properly and infections can gain a hold.