Osteopathy has so many techniques and is able of ranging from pediatric technique to the athletes one, than from pregnancy approach to the elderly one.
This breadth of techniques means that all the treatments are different from the others and them are designed and customized to the needs of each individual patient.
There are osteopathic approach specific for delicate cases,such as patients with osteoporosis, capable of being less traumatic possible, but just as effective.
The osteopath can choose functional and gentle techniques in order to treat an osteoporotic patient, avoiding excessive stress in bone structure but able to restore proper function of the body.
In osteopathy it is important to understand the general condition of the patient, particularly for elderly people that use to have a multifactorial causes. For this reason is important to take with you all the exams, including MOC, X-ray, MRI…