| There are two main schools of thought
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| | being the UK Back pain Exercise And
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| within the osteopathic world. They are so
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| | Manipulation (UK BEAM) trial, There is an
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| different in practice as to be separate
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| | increasing interest in osteopathy amongst
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| professions, but there have been attempts
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| | patients, but barriers remain to
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| in the last few years to enhance exchange
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| | osteopathic provision within the state
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| and dialogue between them.[7]
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| | system; not the least being hostility
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| Osteopathic physicians in the United
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| | from the orthodox medical profession and
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| States are medical practitioners; see
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| | physiotherapists. Many UK osteopaths are
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| Osteopathic medicine for further details.
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| | also naturopaths, with one osteopathic
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| | college offering a dual training in
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| The international model of osteopathic
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| | osteopathy & naturopathy (the British
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| medicine is significantly different to
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| | College of Osteopathic Medicine) and
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| that in the U.S. Osteopaths continue to
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| | another offering a post-graduate program
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| rely on non-surgical, non-pharmaceutical
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| | (the College of Osteopaths).
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| approaches, and see themselves as a
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| | In 2005 the General Medical Council of
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| complete school of manual medicine or NMS
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| | Great Britain announced that U.S.-trained
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| specialists, complementary to most
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| | D.O.s would be accepted for full medical
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| mainstream medical practices.
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| | practice rights in the United Kingdom.
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| Commonwealth osteopathic students may
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| | This decision was an important departure
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| spend up to ten times as many hours
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| | from the United Kingdom's long-standing
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| training in osteopathic diagnosis and
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| | tradition of exclusively manual, or
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| technique as their American counterparts.
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| | "traditional" osteopathy.
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| Because of this specialization, they have
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| | Australia and New Zealand
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| traditionally remained relegated to the
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| | In Australia and New Zealand the
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| fringe of healthcare alongside
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| | profession has developed along the same
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| naturopaths, chiropractors and others. In
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| | lines, and until recently neither country
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| Commonwealth countries, osteopaths have
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| | trained its own practitioners and relied
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| also had to compete with
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| | on UK graduates. Likewise, each country
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| physiotherapists, many of whom have
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| | maintains a government-approved list of
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| integrated manipulative therapy into
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| | practitioners and private health
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| their practice. Nevertheless, osteopathy
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| | insurance reimbursement is available for
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| is growing in size and mainstream
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| | osteopathic treatment. Three
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| acceptance in many countries of the
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| | publicly-funded Universities now offer
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| Commonwealth and Europe. More and more
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| | osteopathic medical courses in Australia.
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| osteopaths are now working alongside the
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| | Courses consist of a bachelor's degree in
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| mainstream in interdisciplinary settings,
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| | clinical science (osteopathy) followed by
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| and osteopathic departments are now
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| | a master's degree. Integration into the
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| well-established in many public
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| | university system has given Australian
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| universities.
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| | osteopaths the opportunity to access
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| Osteopathic medicine in the UK,
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| | public research funding, raised the
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| Australia, Canada , New Zealand and
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| | credibility of the profession, and
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| India.
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| | focused attention on refining the scope
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| The United Kingdom
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| | of practice through clinical trials and
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| In the United Kingdom osteopathy
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| | basic research.
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| developed as a distinct profession. The
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| | Canada
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| first osteopathic college was established
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| | In Canada osteopaths are trained along
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| in the UK in 1917 by Littlejohn, a Scot
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| | similar lines to those in Britain and
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| who had studied under Dr Andrew Taylor
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| | other Commonwealth countries. However,
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| Still. Littlejohn altered the osteopathic
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| | when US-trained osteopathic physicians
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| curriculum to include the study of
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| | visit or relocate to Canada or Great
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| physiology. The UK school he founded, the
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| | Britain, they have an unlimited scope of
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| British School of Osteopathy, was the
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| | medical practice.
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| first osteopathic education institution
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| | In all four countries osteopathy
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| outside the USA, and it still exists
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| | straddles the boundary between orthodox
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| today. British osteopaths use
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| | and complementary or alternative
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| manipulative techniques based on the
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| | medicine, with a variety of approaches
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| philosophy of Dr Andrew Taylor Still, but
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| | and philosophies being brought to the
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| are not medical doctors. Some medical
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| | practice. The model of osteopathy
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| doctors do undertake osteopathic training
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| | employed is essentially a drug-free
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| as a postgraduate interest. The
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| | system of manual therapy. Osteopaths are
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| profession is subject to statutory
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| | trained in standard medical differential
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| regulation following the passing of the
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| | diagnosis and have diagnostic competences
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| Osteopathy Act in 1993. The General
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| | similar to primary care physicians, but
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| Osteopathic Council (GOsC) was
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| | with a scope of practice focused mainly
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| established by the act to regulate the
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| | on musculoskeletal conditions and
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| profession, to protect the public by
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| | treatment of some other conditions by
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| maintaining a register of practitioners,
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| | manual means. Osteopaths in these
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| to investigate allegations of
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| | countries,except Canada, do not have
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| professional misconduct, and to ensure
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| | prescribing rights, although the British
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| the quality of training. Since 2001,
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| | Government has included osteopathy in the
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| there has been graduate only entry to the
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| | list of professions allied to medicine
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| register. There are currently seven
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| | that may be granted prescribing rights in
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| approved training institutions in the UK.
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| | the future, Health & Social Care Act
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| There are approximately 5000 registered
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| | 2001. Unless separately qualified as a
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| osteopaths in the UK, a small but growing
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| | medical doctor or holder of a doctorate
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| profession. For the sake of comparison
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| | degree, osteopaths in New Zealand or the
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| there are approximately 36,000
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| | UK do not use the honorific title of
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| physiotherapists. Most medical services
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| | Doctor. Contested by some osteopaths,
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| in the UK are delivered through the state
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| | there is a campaign to use the title
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| funded National Health Service,
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| | Doctor anyway. Australian osteopaths
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| osteopathy is largely excluded from this
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| | routinely call themselves Doctor. There
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| with most osteopaths working in private
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| | is a debate on what differentiates an
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| practice. Several large studies in the UK
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| | osteopath from a chiropractor from a
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| have produced evidence of the
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| | physiotherapist in these countries,
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| cost-effectiveness and clinical
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| | rather than the D.O./M.D. debate in the
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| effectiveness of manipulation in the
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| | USA.
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| management of low back pain, the latest
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