OT Mod 1 Questions Flashcards
“If you haven’t realized by now, the profession of Osteopathy is incredibly difficult to learn.” What is required of you as a student to learn Osteopathy?
Students of Osteopathy must commit their lives to mastering the practice and continuously examine and reflect on themselves and the practice They must have a sound understanding of the anatomy and physiology and continue to revisit the cultural, sociological and historical knowledge pervading the mindset of Still and the early American Osteopaths.
The earliest texts in osteopathy can be difficult to understand due to the timeframe in which they were written. What is the principle of natural law as compared to how we live today?
Natural law is based on the principle of Mother Nature and Father Time, from the viewpoint that all beings seek to return back to their natural state and the ideal manner in which they function. In our case as practitioners, we seek to find the Osteopathic lesion, apply principle based techniques, and then trust that Nature will guide the rest of the treatment as it needs to be delivered.
What are the 2 general types of practitioners?
Those who remain complacent and those who push forward
What is recommended clinically for young osteopathic practitioners?
It is recommended that young practitioners be logical and practical in their clinical proficiency and go from easier to more difficult cases, where they will inadvertently be introduced to failure. This will either focus or dissuade the student from the growth process.
What are the most important attributes to have as a future osteopath?
Character
Aptitude
Interest
Willingness to have these three attributes tested to make them a better Osteopath
Not based soley on your intellectual ability
Best connection will always win
What is required for the osteopathic profession to survive?
We must return to the principles found in each fragment of Osteopathy and untie them to build a strong foundation for the future.
What is a disservice to the practice from which the principles came?
Practitioners fragmenting Osteopathy and attempting to make it their own
Without a treatment’s correct application as determined by the lesion an artificial representation of Osteopathy is the result
What is Robert Johnston’s primary concern in this text?
Finding a method of delivery to provide quality information for practitioners that can we understood within its proper context that does not fragment the wholeness of Osteopathy
Removing the practice from which the principles presents a danger to the public, and both both practitioners and patients are left with a less than an ideal outcome
What kind of conversation do we engage in from here?
We begin a conversation that is free from dogma, ego and self-indulgence in the hope that others will contribute to the knowledge of osteopathy for both its sake and the sake of the public we service
How will the continued success of osteopathy be sustained by all of us?
The continued success of osteopathy will be collectively sustained by us all with a firm understanding of the anatomy, mechanics, and principles for treatment as originally intended.
Why is this reference to Classical necessary?
Because Osteopathy has changed since its inception and has become either eclectic in its approach or fanatical in its steadfastness. The eclectics (those who borrow from various Osteopathic disciplines) will always be around. The fanatics (who attach themselves to one particular ame or movement, regardless of who or what that name represents) can be dangerous to both the patient and the practice.
How must we always remain in our approach?
We must always remain critical, logical and practical in our approach. We must examine what is being presented to use and be critical of that information by using scientific reasoning. We need to see how principles withstand empirical, rational tests with an awareness that rationality is not always the most popular position to take.
What should we be able to do with our current scientific knowledge?
We should be able to use this current knowledge as part of our diagnostic toolkit to either verify or deny the theories of the past; at the same time, we must be rational enough to change our minds when needed and to defend the truths that have been revealed and supported through empirical findings.
Take information, rationalize it and see it if is evidence based
What does it mean to ‘serve the lesion’? Use your own words and any useful quotes from section 1.4 to create your response.
Operator must seek out primary lesion. No two lesions will be the same thererfore no two treatments will be the same. Intricated, effective and potent treatment.
Hunt for the cause - continues to make the cause cleared and clearer
What is the philosophical basis for the Body Adjustment (BA)?
It acknowledges the body as an integrated whole, but does so by presupposing the degree of dysfunction as reducible to the body’s rate of deformation under gravity. By recognizing how the body endures under gravity, this allows the practitioners to explore all pathological vectors, thereby eliminate the potential for disease to take root and allowing the operator to balance the lines of force that permeate the body to stave off pathologies.
Elsie Warn - credit for BA
