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Man is a unified being with three faces: body, movement and soul.
Osteopathy is a school of healing, teaching us that the body is an organism with its own biomechanical and biodynamic regularities. Within, there is a structural, functional and emotional interrelationship, which is coordinated according to the body’s abnormal state or the development of disease.
Osteopathic treatment involves the use of manual techniques within the framework of the philosophies and concepts of osteopathy. Osteopathy was founded in 1874 by Dr Andrew Taylor Still, a surgeon, who used the hand’s exposure to the body, enveloping it and applying the healing force of nature (vis medicatrix naturae).
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Experience Since 2009 – osteopath at “Veselības centrs 4,” 115 Krišjāņa Barona street. Since 1999 until now – Private practice in osteopathy at 103 Aleksandra Čaka street, Riga. Since 1986 until now – surgeon at Saulkrasti city hospital and clinic. 1999 – One of the founders of the Osteopathic centre in Riga. 1995 – 1999 – Private practice in manual therapy. Achievements: 2003 – Founder of University of Latvia’s post-diploma educational institute, the medical school of osteopathy. Since 2003, director of this school, as well as lecturer in structural and visceral osteopathy. 2008 – Created the osteopathic education course in the University of Latvia’s professional medical education programme “2nd level residential course in osteopathy.”
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