Classical Osteopathy Articles, Lectures and Papers

Mervyn Waldman, Compiled by Alex Milne

As a result of the increasing interest shown by students and graduates in classical osteopathy, the Institute thought it timely to publish this collection of articles and lectures I have written over the past thirty years and more. They were composed in the attempt to clarify the principles of the osteopathy practiced by the founders of the profession, more often than not in the face of epidemic disease, profound injury and disability.

Contents

Introduction
The Tragic Emasculation of British Osteopathy
Osteopathic Terminology
What is Classical Osteopathy?
An Outline of the Principles and Practice of the Total Body Adjustment /General Treatment
An Osteopathic View of Acute & Chronic Disease
Osteopathic Treatment of Acute Disease in Infants and Children
Osteopathic Bedside Treatment of the Acute Adult and Geriatric
The Principles of Classical Osteopathic Technique
Notes on Acute Low Back Pain in the Scoliotic Patient
An Analysis of the Osteopathic Lesion
Centres of Oscillation
Characteristic Features of Osteopathic Treatment
Headache – its Diagnosis and osteopathic Treatment
The Use and Abuse of Cervical Manipulation and Analgesics in the Treatment of Whiplash Injuries
The Osteopathic Treatment of Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat
Inhibition
The Lymphatic System
Rhythm
Primary Concepts and Patho-Physiological Mechanisms in Osteopathic Medicine
Spinal Balance
The technique of AT Still
The Osteopathic Technique of JM Littlejohn
The Pathophysiology of Chronic Back Pain
Converting the Physical into the Physiological