Does Osteopathy Work?

Hands-on healing technique offers drug-free option with some success

Studies examining pain are hard to judge, since they’re based on participants’ self-reported pain levels.shutterstock

Every year, Australian osteopaths provide around 3.9 million clinical consultations.

Osteopathy is a manual therapy developed by US physician Andrew Still in the mid-1800s, and it’s recognised by the World Health Organisation as a traditional system of medicine.