A great legacy from the fathers of osteopathy
As I have often studied and reviewed osteopathic history texts, I have become increasingly aware of how great a store of knowledge has been bequeathed to us by the founding fathers of osteopathy and how much we could still use in our daily practice.
These notions certainly include intraosseous injuries, the topic of this article.
Intraosseous injury is an injury within a part of the bone, whether long, short, or flat, and is usually caused by direct trauma.
What happens in the presence of trauma?
Who knows how much trauma your bones have suffered over the years. From simple falls, typical of children or sportsmen, to more significant injuries.
What happens in concrete terms? Bony calluses may be created inside, causing an increase in bone density that results in a change in the distribution of loading forces, with different consequences on the related joints.
In the presence of an intraosseous injury, the bone loses its natural elasticity, and this affects the muscle, which is forced to adapt.
With manual assessment work, we osteopaths are able to understand the various bone densities that, when treated with intraosseous techniques, begin to undergo change as early as the session. Intervening in this way will consequently begin to benefit the muscles as well.
Going into the concrete and giving an example immediately, it happens that many of the knee and ankle problems are generated by intraosseous injuries of the femur, as far as the knee is concerned, and the tibia as far as the ankle is concerned. Intercepting intraosseous injuries of the femur and tibia to avoid load differences and, therefore, problems on the related joints, is the solution that will allow you to solve many of your patients’ problems.
Intraosseous techniques as a solution
In these 20 years of daily osteopathic practice, I have tried to recover the knowledge of the fathers of osteopathy through which I have already helped several hundred people find immediate benefit.
Applying the techniques constantly, some of them making them more my own and “personalizing” them, has allowed me to make the sessions even more effective and thus see the patients happier and more fulfilled.
A satisfaction that, if you are an osteopath like me or otherwise work closely with people and aim for their well-being, you know well.
The field of intraosseous injuries deserves much attention and study, but more importantly, application. Therefore, if you want to improve your work, you can approach this knowledge by reading the book “” available in the shop area of Tuttosteopatia.it.
In the meantime, my research does not stop and I have other techniques, expanded or new, on file ready to be made available to you.
