The philosophy of this holistic treatment concept is based on the assumption that the human being as a body-mind-spirit unit has self-healing powers.

Symptoms of illness are often an expression of functional disorders. Osteopathy takes into account interactions between the musculoskeletal system, nervous system, vascular system and internal organs - in doing so, it looks for the causes of the symptoms.

This predominantly biomechanical approach to therapy requires hands trained in palpation and a sound knowledge (in anatomy, physiology, embriology and pathology)