Osteopath, chiropractor and etiopath: what are the differences?
Osteopathy
Definition of osteopathy
Osteopathy is a manual method of care based on mobilization and manipulation techniques. By manipulating the body from head to toe, osteopathy aims to prevent but also to treat body dysfunctions that could alter the patient's health.
Osteopathy does not treat medical pathologies without medical care.
The osteopath is a first-line medicine and thus, thanks to a precise interrogation and tests, your therapist will be able to redirect you to other specialists if necessary.
The osteopathic approach is based on the hollistic principle, which means that the body is a whole. Thus, your osteopath will be interested in the different structures of your body such as muscles, bones, ligaments, tendons but also the skull and viscera. Thanks to his tests, he will understand the dysfunctional pattern of the patient and treat not only the cause of the problem, the patient's complaint but also the repercussions that the dysfunctions may have created. Globality also means that the therapist will take into account the patient's psychological state, his lifestyle such as diet or sport and adapt his advice and treatment accordingly.
Thus, each osteopathic consultation is unique and specific to each patient.
Recognition of osteopathy
Osteopathy was recognized in France in 2002 thanks to the Kouchner law.
It is only on March 25, 2007 that the decree 2007-435 relating to the acts and conditions of practice of osteopathy comes out.
And it was not until 2014 that studies were regulated. Since then, only certain schools such as CEESO Paris are approved by the Ministry of Health and Sports.
Osteopathic training
The training to become an osteopath is provided by private schools. 5 years of study are necessary with more than 4860 hours of training divided between theoretical and practical courses.
Reimbursement of osteopathy
Osteopathy is not reimbursed by social security. Many mutual insurance companies reimburse osteopathic consultations, find the list here and for more information contact your mutual insurance company.
Etiopathy
Definition of etiopathy
Originally, the story goes that osteopath and etiopath were similar and that it was only a question of name. With time, the approach and techniques became purely mechanistic (structural) while the osteopath continues to use his panel of techniques, structural but also tissue, cranial, visceral ...
Recognition of etiopathy
At present, etiopathy is still not officially recognized.
Training in etiopathy
Only 3250 hours of training are required to become an etiopath (compared to 4860 hours for osteopaths), spread over 5 or 6 years depending on the school.
Reimbursement of etiopathy
Like osteopathy, etiopathy is not covered by social security but only by certain mutual insurance companies.
Chiropractic
Definition of Chiropractic
Chiropractic or chiropractic focuses mainly on the nervous and osteoarticular systems. It is also a manual therapy but the spine and the pelvis are the basis of their therapy. The osteopath, on the other hand, will work not only on the pelvis and the spine but also on the digestive system, the skull and the limbs.
Recognition of Chiropractic
It is also by the Kouchner law of March 4, 2002 that was recognized the chiropractic.
The decree relating to the acts and conditions of practice was established only in 2011.
Training of chiropractors
6 years of study with 5500 hours of training are necessary to become a chiropractor.
Chiropractic Reimbursement
Like osteopathy, chiropractic is not reimbursed by social security but only by certain mutual insurance companies.
Marie Messager
Osteopath in Versailles Chantiers
Yvelines - 78
