Week 2
Spine has plasticity - if held for periods of time, it can change. At least 18-20 minutes. Good to do 30 minutes
Amboise Pare - “father of surgery”. Described the adjusting of the spine using thrust until it is smooth
Captain James Cook- Polynesia wrote about how Polynesian treated their sick and deformed. Thought he discovered Hawaiian islands.
Lomilomi: Hawaiian practice of walking on the backs of patients to manipulate spines. Means massage therapist. Lomi means to rub, squeeze, massage
Aztecs divided healers into “true doctors” (knew about joints), and ”false doctors”
Nez Perce Native American tribe practice manipulation after hunts
Bohemians had trained black bears to walk on people’s backs, as well as Children
Bone setters: the art of manipulating handed down from father to son, and mother to daughter, and was practiced by at least one supposedly “gifted” person in most communities in Europe and Asia.
Bone setter Reese from western Pennsylvania and Ohio
John Atkinson - bone setter with 2 clinics (poor and rich). Called himself a nerve specialist. He also worked on Animals. He learned from Robert Hutton
Hindu- Vyasa composed 4 books titled “Veda”, containing Rig Vida and Ayur-Vedas
Sweet family eventually turned bone setting into Orthopedics
Robert Hutton - England, worked on animals, learned from his uncle (Richard Hutton). Would oil the skin for a week then twist it in a way that would give relief.
Jimmy Heffernan - Irish bonesetter.
Tieszens and Ortons were bone setter families in South Dakota that eventually grew into Chiropractors.
Dr Wharton Hood - called the “rejected father of manual medicine”.
Friar Thomas Moulton published the first Bonesetters book in 1656.
The 1800’s, Bonesetting was considered Malpractice and was only allowed to the lower class citizens in Britain.
Andrew Taylor Still introduced Osteopathy to the US in 1874. First physician to promote the idea of Preventative health.
1892, first Osteopathic school was founded in Kirksville, Missouri. Known as A.T. Still University
2 types of Osteopaths: Lesion Osteopaths (spinal manipulators), Broad Osteopaths (drugs and surgery)
DD Palmer - first Chiropractor
Spine has plasticity - if held for periods of time, it can change. At least 18-20 minutes. Good to do 30 minutes
Amboise Pare - “father of surgery”. Described the adjusting of the spine using thrust until it is smooth
Captain James Cook- Polynesia wrote about how Polynesian treated their sick and deformed. Thought he discovered Hawaiian islands.
Lomilomi: Hawaiian practice of walking on the backs of patients to manipulate spines. Means massage therapist. Lomi means to rub, squeeze, massage
Aztecs divided healers into “true doctors” (knew about joints), and ”false doctors”
Nez Perce Native American tribe practice manipulation after hunts
Bohemians had trained black bears to walk on people’s backs, as well as Children
Bone setters: the art of manipulating handed down from father to son, and mother to daughter, and was practiced by at least one supposedly “gifted” person in most communities in Europe and Asia.
Bone setter Reese from western Pennsylvania and Ohio
John Atkinson - bone setter with 2 clinics (poor and rich). Called himself a nerve specialist. He also worked on Animals. He learned from Robert Hutton
Hindu- Vyasa composed 4 books titled “Veda”, containing Rig Vida and Ayur-Vedas
Sweet family eventually turned bone setting into Orthopedics
Robert Hutton - England, worked on animals, learned from his uncle (Richard Hutton). Would oil the skin for a week then twist it in a way that would give relief.
Jimmy Heffernan - Irish bonesetter.
Tieszens and Ortons were bone setter families in South Dakota that eventually grew into Chiropractors.
Dr Wharton Hood - called the “rejected father of manual medicine”.
Friar Thomas Moulton published the first Bonesetters book in 1656.
The 1800’s, Bonesetting was considered Malpractice and was only allowed to the lower class citizens in Britain.
Andrew Taylor Still introduced Osteopathy to the US in 1874. First physician to promote the idea of Preventative health.
1892, first Osteopathic school was founded in Kirksville, Missouri. Known as A.T. Still University
2 types of Osteopaths: Lesion Osteopaths (spinal manipulators), Broad Osteopaths (drugs and surgery)
DD Palmer - first Chiropractor
