Are osteopaths doctors?

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asked Mar 4, 2020 in Other- Health by accountis123 (300 points)
Are osteopaths doctors?

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answered Mar 4, 2020 by Minty (132,850 points)
Yes Osteopaths are a type of doctor that works in the field of Osteopathy.

An osteopath is a doctor and is one of two types of physicians licensed to practice medicine and surgery in the Western Hemisphere.

An Osteopath doctor works mainly with non drug free methods for treating the patients and medicine is used only when nothing else can help.

Osteopaths use drug-free, non-invasive manual therapy that aims to improve the patients health across all the persons body systems by manipulating and strengthening the musculoskeletal framework.

If the patient still needs medicine then the Osteopath will usually or sometimes refer the patient to another doctor to prescribe medicine.

The Osteopath doctor or physician focuses on the patients joints, muscles, and spine and It is used alongside conventional treatment to improve health.

Osteopath doctors can prescribe medicine and sometimes also perform surgery, run tests, and usually do everything else that other doctors can do.

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