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Osteopathy, or osteopathic medicine, may be defined as a complete system of health care that teaches and practices according to the following tenets: - The body is a unit.
- The body has its own self-protecting and self-regulating mechanisms.
- Structure and function are reciprocally interrelated.
- Treatment proceeds from the first three principles.As a primary care practitioner, the osteopathic physician uses any and all therapeutic and diagnostic approaches that best support these principles and most effectively, gently, and functionally promote local and systemic homeostasis.
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