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The Original American School of Osteopathy
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History & EvolutionHistoryIn 1874, Andrew Taylor Still, an American engineer turned doctor, devised a gentle hands-on system of encouraging the body to heal itself. His interest in mechanics, coupled with a conviction that the human body was designed to a very high specification, convinced him that sound anatomical structure leads to efficient function. |
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Evolution
In 1891, Dr. Still opened the first School of Osteopathic Medicine, with just three patients, in Missouri. Less than 30 years later, during World War I, the first osteopathic school was founded in this country. In 1993, the Osteopath’s Act made osteopathy the first complementary medical therapy to be fully regulated by law. Chiropractors then began the process of regulation themselves and other disciplines have subsequently followed. Patients are now given the same assurance of safety, training and quality that they would expect from any other medical doctor or dentist. In 2008, it is estimated that back pain alone is found to strike as many as four out of every five people. Currently, this results in at least 4.9 million days off work each year and represents the largest single cause of sickness absence in the UK today. |
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