Case Study: Influence of body adjustment in a patient with scoliosis

Author: José Pereira

Abstract 

In an increasingly technological society with easy access to information, there is an increase of musculoskeletal disorders related to poor general habits. Scoliosis can be one of these consequences, as well as many other pathologies. Thus, we seek to ascertain the results of osteopathy by the body adjustment in a patient without previous significant improvements after experiencing other therapeutic approaches. For this, it was submitted for 8 weeks to 11 treatments in which the influence of Osteopathy on the symptoms reported by the patient, medication taken in SOS, possible effects of environmental temperature, quantity and quality of sleep, levels and sources of stress and physical activity were investigated. 

Keywords: osteopathy, scoliosis, body adjustment. 

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