OSTÉOPATH PhD. DO.
OSTEOPATHY
Osteopathy is a manual intervention complementary to traditional medicine. In France, all DO osteopaths must be registered in the Shared Directory of Professionals involved in the Health System (RPPS). The WHO recommends the development of integrative medicine to serve the health of patients. You can consult an osteopath as a first-line treatment, which requires clinical examination skills in order to make an appropriate diagnosis that will aim to redirect to the doctor or complete medical care. Osteopathic intervention is intended to be a complex treatment, a person-centered care involving consent that can be withdrawn at any time. The practice is intended to be evidence-based (EBP) in the interest of the patient's health. Some contexts may be specific and require multidisciplinary care. This is the case, for example, in oncology where osteopathy is part of the supportive care family.
Loïc Treffel, ostéopathe, posturologie Toulouse.
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE (EBP)
Evidence-Based Practice is based on the dynamic interaction of three components (practitioner experience, literature data, and patient preferences). The goal is to make the best decision for the individual's health.
Osteopathy has historically relied on many myths that are being challenged both within and outside the profession. This is a healthy and necessary approach. Let's mention the collective work Osteopathic Mythologies by PL. L'Hermite, published in 2024. It explores, for example, the myth of the displaced vertebra, which I had the pleasure of developing, and the myth of holistic care by Dr. Jerry Draper-Rodi.
Much research is underway to harmonize semantics and initial training in osteopathy, and thus be able to respond, in its proper place, to public health issues. Thus, the modern conception of health would notably involve a more integrative medicine providing person-centered care. A modernization of osteopathy is, in my opinion, more than essential, in the interest of all.
De facto, updating knowledge is a legal obligation, and a necessity so that osteopathic care is adapted to the health and societal context of a changing world.
