The basic principles of Osteopathy are:
- Body unity
- the person is a unit of body, mind, and spirit
- Body's self-healing capability
- the body has substantial abilies for self-healing, self-regulation and health maintenance
- Body's interdependence
- the body's structure and function are complexly interdependent
- Rational treatment
- is based on body unity, self-regulation, and the inter-relationship of structure and function