OSPP Final: Key Concepts and Topics
Respect - correct answer ✔✔A feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their
abilities, qualities, or achievements
active listening - correct answer ✔✔Fully concentrating in what is being said rather than passively
hearing what the speaker says — involves listening with all 5 senses
Osteopathy - correct answer ✔✔- Relies on manual contact for diagnosis & treatment
- respects the relationship of body, mind and spirit in health AND disease
- emphasis on structural and functional integrity of the body and it's ability to self heal
- is a wide variety of therapeutic techniques to improve physiological function and support homeostasis
- relates to impaired or altered function of the somatic system
What are the components of the somatic system? - correct answer ✔✔- skeletal
- arthrodial
- myofasical structure
- related NAVL
What are the 4 tenets of osteopathy? - correct answer ✔✔1) body is a unit
2) structure and function and reciprocally interrelated
3) body has its own self protection and self regulating mechanisms
4) responsible and reasonable treatment depends on the preceding 3 principles
Why did Still name his study "osteopathy"? - correct answer ✔✔Osteo = bone, pathy = suffering
- suffering from displacement of bones
Practice - correct answer ✔✔The actual application or use of an idea, belief or method, as opposed to
the theories relating to it
, Diagnosis - correct answer ✔✔- the art of identifying a disease from its signs and symptoms
- investigation of the cause or nature of a condition, situation or problem
true or false
Osteopath's can legally provide medical diagnosis - correct answer ✔✔false
- Osteopath's can NOT diagnosis. An osteopathic structural diagnosis is NOT a medical diagnosis
Assessment - correct answer ✔✔The action of assessing someone or something
What is assessment dependent on? - correct answer ✔✔Structural assessment
What does assessment begin with? - correct answer ✔✔Assessment begins with observation
- what we observe in the human structure and the difference of normal vs. Abnormal
Normal - correct answer ✔✔Confirming to a standard; usual, typical or expected
Abnormal - correct answer ✔✔Deviating from what is normal or usual, typically in a way that is
undesirable or worrying
Boundary - correct answer ✔✔A line which marks the limits of an area; a limit of something abstract,
especially a subject or sphere of activity
What are the 8 personal boundaries? - correct answer ✔✔1. Physical
2. Emotional
3. Psychological/ mental
4. Religious/ spiritual
5. Internal
6. Sexual
Respect - correct answer ✔✔A feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their
abilities, qualities, or achievements
active listening - correct answer ✔✔Fully concentrating in what is being said rather than passively
hearing what the speaker says — involves listening with all 5 senses
Osteopathy - correct answer ✔✔- Relies on manual contact for diagnosis & treatment
- respects the relationship of body, mind and spirit in health AND disease
- emphasis on structural and functional integrity of the body and it's ability to self heal
- is a wide variety of therapeutic techniques to improve physiological function and support homeostasis
- relates to impaired or altered function of the somatic system
What are the components of the somatic system? - correct answer ✔✔- skeletal
- arthrodial
- myofasical structure
- related NAVL
What are the 4 tenets of osteopathy? - correct answer ✔✔1) body is a unit
2) structure and function and reciprocally interrelated
3) body has its own self protection and self regulating mechanisms
4) responsible and reasonable treatment depends on the preceding 3 principles
Why did Still name his study "osteopathy"? - correct answer ✔✔Osteo = bone, pathy = suffering
- suffering from displacement of bones
Practice - correct answer ✔✔The actual application or use of an idea, belief or method, as opposed to
the theories relating to it
, Diagnosis - correct answer ✔✔- the art of identifying a disease from its signs and symptoms
- investigation of the cause or nature of a condition, situation or problem
true or false
Osteopath's can legally provide medical diagnosis - correct answer ✔✔false
- Osteopath's can NOT diagnosis. An osteopathic structural diagnosis is NOT a medical diagnosis
Assessment - correct answer ✔✔The action of assessing someone or something
What is assessment dependent on? - correct answer ✔✔Structural assessment
What does assessment begin with? - correct answer ✔✔Assessment begins with observation
- what we observe in the human structure and the difference of normal vs. Abnormal
Normal - correct answer ✔✔Confirming to a standard; usual, typical or expected
Abnormal - correct answer ✔✔Deviating from what is normal or usual, typically in a way that is
undesirable or worrying
Boundary - correct answer ✔✔A line which marks the limits of an area; a limit of something abstract,
especially a subject or sphere of activity
What are the 8 personal boundaries? - correct answer ✔✔1. Physical
2. Emotional
3. Psychological/ mental
4. Religious/ spiritual
5. Internal
6. Sexual
