Khaldi Driss (Vevey)

Osteopathy is a "manual medicine". Its practitioners palpate the body to detect tensions or imbalances that cause discomfort or disease, then perform manipulations to restore balance. Osteopathy is a complete system with its own modes of diagnosis and treatment: it treats a wide variety of ailments.

Physical and psychological ailments resonate throughout the body. For example, bad posture, accidents, stress or negative thoughts affect not just one system (musculoskeletal, digestive, neurological, vascular, hormonal, etc.), but the whole organism. To heal each problem, we need to restore harmony in the musculoskeletal system and in each of the other systems.

This harmony is often expressed by the terms mobility and motility, with motility referring to all the movements specific to an organ or system. A healthy body would have excellent motility, not only in its joints, but in all the body's tissues: bones, muscles, nerves, ligaments, tendons, fascia, fluids, etc.

One of the distinctive features of osteopathy is that it takes into account the whole structure of the body and all its movements.

Therapeutic indications :

• Circulatory disorders of the lower limbs, hemorrhoids, venous congestion, palpitations, etc. (vascular system). Flatulence, constipation, gastric acidity, hepatobiliary disorders, etc. (digestive system).
• Gynecological pain and dysfunction, cystitis, functional sterility, enuresis, etc. (genitourinary system).
• Asthma, otitis media (manipulation can drain the middle ear), rhinitis, sinusitis, vertigo, migraines, buzzing, etc. (otorhinolaryngological and pulmonary systems).
• Depression, stress, anxiety, sleep disorders, etc. (neurological system).