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osteopathic clinic
A center for treatment of patients through osteopathic therapy, involving exterior manipulations of the body.
An osteopathic clinic is a center or office where patients are treated by osteopathic practitioners, whose approach generally involves manual manipulation of the body with the goal of restoring balance to its systems.
The practice described is osteopathic manual therapy, involving external manipulation of the body. It is the treatment approach that identifies the clinic.
A practitioner's osteopathic qualification alone does not identify this manual-therapy use. In the United States, osteopathic physicians can practice the full range of medicine and surgery.
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acupuncture clinic
A center where patients are treated for pain or ailments by placing needles at specific points on the body. -
chiropractic clinic
A center for treatment of patients by practitioners of chiropractic therapy, involving manipulation of the spine, joints, and muscles. -
folk medicine clinic
A center treating patients with traditional remedies passed down generationally and not encoded in scientific medical practice. -
homeopathic clinic
A center for treatment of patients through administration of diluted preparations with supposed healing properties.