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import Article from "@/components/Article";
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import { Metadata } from "next";
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export const metadata: Metadata = {
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title: "Article - Osteopathy FAQs | Dr. Feely",
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authors: [{ name: "Richard A. Feely, D.O., FAAO, FCA, FAAMA" }],
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description: `Osteopathy is a complete school of medicine in the United
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States. It is a separate and distinct medical profession with unlimited
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practice rights in the field of medicine and surgery. It is a medical art and
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science with a unifying holistic philosophy of body, mind and spirit.`,
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};
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const ArticleOsteopathyFaq = () => {
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return (
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<Article
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title="Osteopathy FAQs"
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author="Richard A. Feely, D.O., FAAO, FCA, FAAMA"
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>
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<p>
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<strong>Q. What is Osteopathy?</strong>
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</p>
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<p>
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A. Osteopathy is a complete school of medicine in the United States. It
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is a separate and distinct medical profession with unlimited practice
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rights in the field of medicine and surgery. It is a medical art and
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science with a unifying holistic philosophy of body, mind and spirit.
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</p>
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<p>
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<strong>Q. What is an osteopathic doctor in the USA?</strong>
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</p>
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<p>
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A. In the USA, an osteopathic doctor is a fully licensed and trained
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physician and surgeon like an MD but with the addition of osteopathic
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manipulation. Each DO is licensed by each individual state to practice
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Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. An English DO to practice in the US
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would have to take 4 years of Osteopathic Medicine at a US college plus
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3 years of residency/internship, then pass a national or state board
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exam. He would then be able to apply and receive a state license.
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</p>
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<p>
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<strong>Q. What is Osteopathic Manipulation?</strong>
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</p>
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<p>
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A. Osteopathic manipulation is a manual medical procedure that the
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physician applies to a patient. This manual hands-on technique involves
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putting joints and tissues through a range of motion, releasing
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membranous articular strain, muscle spasm and tight joint capsules and
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ligaments. Osteopathic manipulation alleviates somatic dysfunction.
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</p>
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<p>
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<strong>Q. What is Somatic Dysfunction?</strong>
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</p>
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<p>
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A. Somatic dysfunction is impaired or altered function of related
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components of the somatic (body framework) system. This includes
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skeletal, arthrodial, myofascial structures, and their related vascular,
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lymphatic, and neural elements.
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</p>
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<p>
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<strong>Q. What is the Osteopathic profession like?</strong>
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</p>
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<p>
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A. The osteopathic profession is a group of over 36,000 physicians and
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surgeons throughout the United States that are involved in unlimited
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medical practice providing diagnosis and treatment in all standard
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medical specialties including family practice, internal medicine,
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neurosurgery, cardiovascular surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, general
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surgery, cardiology, neurology, internal medicine, etc.
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</p>
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<p>
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<strong>Q. What is Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine?</strong>
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</p>
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<p>
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A. It is a primary care specialty emphasizing in-depth application of
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the osteopathic philosophy and special proficiency in osteopathic
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diagnosis and treatment.
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</p>
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<p>
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<strong>Q. What is Osteopathic manipulative treatment?</strong>
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</p>
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<p>
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A. It is a diagnosis followed by therapeutic application of manually
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guided forces by an osteopathic physician to alleviate somatic
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dysfunction. This is accomplished by a variety of techniques.
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</p>
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<p>
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<strong>
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Q. What are some techniques used in Osteopathic manipulative
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treatment?
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</strong>
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</p>
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<p>A. Some techniques include:</p>
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<p>
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1. Articulatory treatment - low velocity, moderate to high amplitude
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technique that carries a joint through a full range of motion to
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increase freedom of movement.
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</p>
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<p>
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2. Counterstrain - inhibits inappropriate strain reflex by applying mild
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strain opposite to the reflex.
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</p>
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<p>
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3. Cranial treatment - diagnosis and treatment using the primary
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respiratory mechanism.
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</p>
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<p>
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4. Directed treatment - engages the restrictive barrier and carries the
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dysfunctional component towards the restricted barrier.
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</p>
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<p>
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5. Exaggeration treatment - moves the dysfunctional component away from
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the restricted barrier through and beyond the range of motion.
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</p>
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<p>
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6. Facilitated positional release - myofascial release treatment
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involving activating force compression or torsion.
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</p>
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<p>
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7. Muscle energy treatment - patient moves as directed by the physician
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against defined resistance.
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</p>
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<p>
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10. Myofascial treatment - continuous palpatory feedback to achieve
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release of myofascial tissues.
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</p>
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<p>11. Ligamentous articular strain - myofascial release techniques.</p>
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<p>
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12. Traction treatment - stretching or separating parts along the
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longitudinal axis.
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</p>
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<p>13. Visceral manipulation - positioning viscera to fascial balance.</p>
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<p>
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<strong>Q. What is the Osteopathic philosophy?</strong>
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</p>
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<p>
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A. Osteopathic medicine is a philosophy of healthcare and a distinctive
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art supported by expanding scientific knowledge. Its philosophy embraces
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the concept of the unity of the living organism's structure and
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function. It applies science and art to establish and maintain health,
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prevent and alleviate disease. Osteopathic concepts emphasize principles
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like the body's self-regulatory mechanisms, interrelation of structure
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and function, and rational treatment based on these principles.
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</p>
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<p>
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<strong>Q. What is an Osteopathic structural examination?</strong>
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</p>
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<p>
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A. An examination of the patient by an osteopathic physician with an
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emphasis on the neuromuscular skeletal system. It includes palpatory
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diagnosis of somatic dysfunction in the context of total patient care.
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</p>
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<p>
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<strong>Q. What is palpatory diagnosis?</strong>
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</p>
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<p>
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A. It is the process of palpating the patient to evaluate the
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neuromuscular skeletal and visceral systems.
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</p>
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<p>
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<strong>Q. What is the primary respiratory mechanism?</strong>
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</p>
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<p>
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A. It refers to the interdependent function among five body components:
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brain and spinal cord motility, cerebral spinal fluid fluctuation,
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intracranial and intraspinal spinal membrane mobility, articular
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mobility of cranial bones, and sacral mobility between ilia or pelvic
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bones.
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</p>
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<p>
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<strong>Q. What is postural decompensation?</strong>
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</p>
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<p>
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A. It's the distribution of body mass away from the ideal when postural
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homeostatic mechanisms are overwhelmed, resulting in changes like
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scoliotic, rotational, kyphotic, or lordotic changes.
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</p>
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<p>
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<strong>Q. What is the somato visceral reflex?</strong>
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</p>
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<p>
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A. It's an involuntary nervous system response to sensory input that
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produces reflex responses in segmentally related visceral structures.
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</p>
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<p>
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<strong>Q. What is a visceral somatic reflex?</strong>
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</p>
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<p>
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A. It's a localized visceral stimuli producing patterns of reflex
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response in segmentally related somatic structures.
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</p>
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<p>
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<strong>Q. What is the cranial sacral mechanism?</strong>
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</p>
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<p>
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A. It refers to the connection between the occiput and sacrum by the
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spinal dura mater as described by William G. Sutherland D.O.
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</p>
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<p>
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<strong>Q. What is spinal facilitation?</strong>
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</p>
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<p>
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A. It's the maintenance of a pool of neurons, motor neurons, or
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preganglionic sympathetic neurons in a state of partial or subthreshold
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excitation in the spinal cord, requiring less afferent or presynaptic
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stimulation to trigger impulse discharge.
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</p>
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</Article>
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);
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};
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export default ArticleOsteopathyFaq;
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