{"id":1104,"date":"2023-12-01T13:02:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T13:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osteopathieherengracht.nl\/baby-copy\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T12:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T12:22:10","slug":"wat-is-osteopathie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/osteopathieherengracht.nl\/en\/wat-is-osteopathie\/","title":{"rendered":"What is osteopathy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1104\" data-postid=\"1104\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1104 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-css_id=\"3acc000\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth_row_container tb_3acc000 tb_first tf_w\">\n            <span  class=\"builder_row_cover tf_abs\" data-lazy=\"1\"><\/span>            <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-3 tb_6vso000 first\">\n                            <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-1 tb_2xd0827 last\">\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-anchor=\"meer\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_has_section tb_section-meer tb_d0o7422 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_k3gy000 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_hqz8040\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What is osteopathy?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>To help you get familiar with our profession, we`d like to answer an important question: What is osteopathy?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We would like to give you a brief introduction to its origin, essence and methods of treatment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Everything in the body moves: from muscles to blood vessels, from organs to bones.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Adequate mobility of our body`s tissues is necessary for functioning optimally and without complaints.\u00a0<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_iqfv134\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p style=\"text-align: center;\">Osteopathy was established in the early 1900s by Andrew Taylor Still, an American physician.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Osteopathy is a manual form of medicine in which the mobility and function of various tissues in the body are examined. It is a treatment approach based on principles from anatomy, physiology, embryology, and neurology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Osteopaths strive to ensure an optimal functioning of the body`s self-healing ability.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For teaching purposes, osteopaths often make a distinction between the different types of tissues that can be treated:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Parietal tissues (mobility of muscles and joints)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Visceral tissues (mobility of organs, around their own axes and in relation to other organs\/tissues)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Craniosacral tissues (mobility of the brain, brain membranes, dura, spinal cord, ...).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"translation-block\">Below you can watch a video from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osteopathiefederatie.nl\/voor-patienten\/wat-is-osteopathie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dutch Association for Osteopathy (NVO)<\/a> that shows what an osteopath actually does. The video explains some of the core principles on which osteopathy is based.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_io4t620 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_p6ys620 first\">\n                    <!-- module gallery -->\n<div  class=\"module gallery module-gallery tb_ynvf628 layout-grid\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/module gallery --><!-- module video -->\n<div  class=\"module module-video tb_oliv801 video-top\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n                    <div class=\"video-wrap-outer\">\n            <div class=\"video-wrap tf_rel tf_overflow\">\n                                    <noscript><iframe data-no-script src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A2oARHzRfgs?pip=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;feature=shared\" allow=\"accelerometer;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;fullscreen\" class=\"tf_abs tf_w tf_h\"><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n                                <\/div>\n            <!-- \/video-wrap -->\n        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/video-wrap-outer -->\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1104","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wat is osteopathie?<\/strong><\/h2> <strong>\u00a0<\/strong> <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Om u iets beter vertrouwd te maken met ons beroep, willen we eerst een belangrijke vraag helpen beantwoorden: Wat is osetopathie?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p> <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We geven hier graag een korte introductie tot de oorsprong en de essentie van deze behandelmethode.<\/strong><\/p> <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p> <p style=\"text-align: center;\">Alles in het lichaam beweegt: van spieren tot bloedvaten, van organen tot botten.\u00a0<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: center;\">Voldoende beweeglijkheid van onze lichaamsweefsels is noodzakelijk om goed te functioneren en klachtenvrij te blijven.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Osteopathie werd begin 1900 in het leven geroepen door Andrew Taylor Still, een Amerikaanse arts.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: center;\">Het is een manuele geneeswijze waarbij de beweeglijkheid en het functioneren van verscheidene weefels in het lichaam onderzocht wordt. Het is een behandelmethode gebaseerd op principes uit anatomie, fysiologie, embryologie en neurologie.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: center;\">Osteopaten streven ernaar om het zelfgenezende vermogen van het lichaam optimaal te laten functioneren.\u00a0<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: center;\">Didactisch wordt er in het vak vaak dit volgende onderscheid gemaakt tussen de verscheidene weefsels die behandeld kunnen worden:\u00a0<\/p> <ul style=\"text-align: center;\"> <li style=\"text-align: left;\">Parietale weefsels (mobiliteit\/tonus van spieren en gewrichten )<\/li> <li style=\"text-align: left;\">Viscerale weefsels (mobiliteit en tonus van organen, rond hun eigen as en in relatie tot andere organen en weefsels)<\/li> <li style=\"text-align: left;\">craniosacrale weefsels (beweeglijkheid van hersenen, hersenmembranen, dura, ruggemerg,..).<\/li> <\/ul> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hieronder staat een filmpje van de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osteopathiefederatie.nl\/voor-patienten\/wat-is-osteopathie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nederlandse Vereniging voor Osteopathie (NVO)<\/a> over wat een osteopaat zoal doet. 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