Manual medicine
Manual medicine and chirotherapy (from Ancient Greek χείρ cheir, "hand") is a branch of medicine concerned with disorders of the human musculoskeletal system, and most commonly with back pain. It is partly based on the wider field of chiropractic and osteopathy, but is distinguished from these fields by being part of rational-critical scientific medicine and practised only by licensed physicians or physiotherapists. Being non-invasive, it is regarded as complementary to other medical approaches.
Germany
In Germany chirotherapy is an accepted and integral part of mainstream scientific medicine, as opposed to alternative medicine practised by non-physicians (or non-physiotherapists), and physicians or physiotherapists who practice manual medicine/chirotherapy are licensed by the state medical chambers. Chirotherapy as practised in Germany was established in the 1950s mainly by the surgeon Karl Sell, partly based on his experience as a military surgeon and on established practices within chiropractic and osteopathy. Sell established a school of manual medicine in Neutrauchburg near Isny in 1953. In 1979 Arzt für Chirotherapie became a legally protected designation.[1]
References
- ↑ H.-P. Bischoff, H. Moll: Kurz gefasstes Lehrbuch der Manuellen Medizin. 5th ed., 2007, Spitta-Verlag, Balingen, ISBN 978-3-938509-12-8.