Can anyone explain in layman's terms the difference between the three:

1. Chiropractor
2. Osteopath
3. Cranio sacral massage

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Chiropractic is an healing method based on the principle that the body's well-being is dependent on the nerve supply to the rest of the body. A chiropractor uses gentle manipulation to treat disorders of the joints and muscles and their effect on the nervous sistem.

Most of the chiropractic techniques, developed 100 years ago by Daniel David Palmer, are still used today to treat pain of vertebral origin, visceral dysfunction and also stress related psychosomatic disorders.

Osteopathy was created by Andrew Taylor Still (1874) more than a hundred years ago. He believed that misaligned bones and joints dysfunctions where responsible for pain and disease by altering the blood circulation in the back .
Techiques include mobilization, palpation, massage, stretching, and subtle manipulation .
This therapy which works by restoring balance to the skeletal structure may be effective in the treatment of pain and/or stress and restoring the body to optimun health.

CranioSacral Therapy is a form of Cranial Osteopathy developed by John Upledger. It is a gentle, hands-on method of evaluating and enhancing the function of the craniosacral system — the physiological body system comprised of the membranes and cerebrospinal fluid that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord. This method uses a very gentle palpation to test for restrictions in various parts of the craniosacral system and subtle manipulations to rebalance its rythm (8 -12 pulses/min ) thereby encouraging the body to heal itself.

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two words=two choices:
1) dictionary
2) g-o-o-g-l-e

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Fitness First,

Perhaps you should go and re-read my introduction to Cranio Sacral Therapy under the Osteopathy section of this board. Did you ever read it, because if you did, you would definitely know that Cranio Sacral Therapy has nothing whatsoever to do with massage?

kayveeh,

John Upledger did not discover Cranio Sacral Therapy at all. He was the person who gave it the name in 1976. He did this because the title of Osteopath is protected and practitioners needed to use a different title.

It was actually discovered by William G Sutherland, as he developed Andrew Taylor Still's work on Osteopathy. Dr Rollin Becker then went on to work very closely with Sutherland and also developed his work after his death and did work of his own too. Rollin Becker's son also developed some of his work after his death too. It was in 1976 that John Upledger came along and gave it the name Cranio Sacral Therapy.

Perhaps you should have read my post too before you go posting totally incorrect information.

NH, Sorry, you know this system more deeply. But I prefer one energy system at one time as the outcome/basis of most of these systems may be just similar like same meaning(energy healing) but differant languages.

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Homeopathic & Biochemic system existed because Drs.Hahnemann & Schuessler thought differently.
Successful people don't do different things, they do things differently..S.Kh.

NH, I did read your detailed post on CS therapy and didn't know that there was a big difference in using the words massage & therapy. Anyway, stand corrected.

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Lisa: Need the difference as given in example below, thanks for adding zero value to the thread

NH, need comments on below:

Chirpractor - massages the muscles & nerves to relieve problems of joints etc. YES/NO
Osteopath - massages and/or aligns the bones & joints to relieve problems of ?? YES/NO
CS Therapist - manipulates the CS rythm by doing palpation (??) to relieve problems of sinus etc.

Do Chirpractor & Osteopath perform almost same work by massage.

CS Therapist on the other hand achives his results by palpation alone?

What areas are common amongs the three fields and what specific to them regarding providing relief for various ailements. Some examples would be nice.

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No - a chiropractor manipulates the joints to allign the spine and allow nerve impulses free play.

Also, none of the above is an energy medicine per say, such as Touch for Health or Healing Touch. They work directly on systems of the material body to effect change.

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Is it not a manipulation of energy too?

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Homeopathic & Biochemic system existed because Drs.Hahnemann & Schuessler thought differently.
Successful people don't do different things, they do things differently..S.Kh.

You can't see value in using a dictionary or running a google search?

A good dictionary will help get you started with a basic definition of each therapry (which is what you asked initially - what's the difference between the three therapies).

Google is a very v.a.l.u.e.a.b.l.e. source for finding out the points you LATER asked NH about.

Thanks for being incredibly flexible and incredibly presumptuous.
But hey - it speaks about you.

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