- 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. ...
Configuration in which the structure, position and/or motion of the facets are not equal bilaterally.
Industry:Alternative therapy
Distribution of body mass away from ideal when postural homeostatic mechanisms are overwhelmed. It occurs in all cardinal planes, but is classified by the major plane(s) affected.
Industry:Alternative therapy
Granted by the American Osteopathic Association through the American Osteopathic Board of Special Proficiency in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine from 1989 through 1999.
Industry:Alternative therapy
Histological change substituting non-contractile tissue for muscle tissue, which prevents the muscle from reaching normal relaxed length.
Industry:Alternative therapy
Historically, is the approximation of the ends of a curve in the sagittal plane of the spine.
Industry:Alternative therapy
Immediate or short-term impairment or altered function of related components of the somatic (body framework) system. Characterized in early stages by vasodilation, edema, tenderness, pain and tissue contraction. Diagnosed by history and palpatory assessment of tenderness, asymmetry of motion and relative position, restriction of motion and tissue texture change (T.A.R.T.).
Industry:Alternative therapy
Impaired or altered function of related components of the somatic (body framework) system: skeletal, arthrodial and myofascial structures, and their related vascular, lymphatic, and neural elements. Somatic dysfunction is treatable using osteopathic manipulative treatment. The positional and motion aspects of somatic dysfunction are best described using at least one of three parameters: 1). The position of a body part as determined by palpation and referenced to its adjacent defined structure, 2). The directions in which motion is freer, and 3). The directions in which motion is restricted.
Industry:Alternative therapy
In relation to the anatomical position, as applied to the hand, rotation of the forearm in such a way that the palmar surface turns backward (internal rotation) in relationship to the anatomical position. Applied to the foot: a combination of eversion and abduction movements taking place in the tarsal and metatarsal joints, resulting in lowering of the medial margin of the foot.
Industry:Alternative therapy
Involves a rib or group of ribs that first stops moving during inhalation. The key rib is the top rib in the group.
Industry:Alternative therapy
Methods, procedures and details of a mechanical process or surgical operation.
Industry:Alternative therapy
