title: Osteopathy: helping pregnant women in pain.
abstract: Various therapies are accessed by women who are looking to enhance the experience of pregnancy or to relieve pain from pregnancy-related ailments. This article gives an introduction to how osteopathy may help women presenting with pain. It includes an overview of a case study, in order that midwives can gain insight into how osteopathic medicine approaches and applies knowledge of anatomy and physiology to improve biomechanics that may have become sub optimal giving the symptom of pain. An underlying philosophy of structure governs function.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Randall
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D026301:Manipulation, Osteopathic; D008880:Midwifery / Q000379:methods*; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012585:Sciatica / Q000517:prevention & control*