european COLLEGE of osteopathy
What is osteopathy ?
Osteopathy is a manual medicine based on a thorough knowledge of anatomy, palpation and diagnostics. The body´s musculoskeletal system is used to diagnose the patient’s symptoms and manual treatment through all the tissues in the body is applied to reach the cause of the problem rather than the symptom. How this works in a clinical aspect is through the understanding of the osteopathic basic principles where the body is a unit, the bodys self-healing and self-regulating mechanisms and the relationship between structure and function.
History of osteopathy
Osteopathy developed by Andrew Taylor Still in the late 19th century. A.T. Still, an American M.D. working in the civil war was a man of medicine and curiosity. His innovative research on the anatomical relationships between the systems in the body is of fundamental importance to all manual medicine today. A.T. Still found that the loss of joint mobility between bones affected the health. A loss of mobility had a direct effect on the circulation and there by also the quality of the tissues affected. After years of research he started the first osteopathic school in 1892 in Kirksville, Missouri and to this day, his work is still growing across the world.
Our osteopathy school program
A PROGRESSIVE AND PRACTICAL TRAINING
All our courses and seminars alternate between theory and practice, with the aim of training autonomous and responsible therapists.
Nº 1 of Osteopathic School - ECOM
Dr Vincent Staf and Anna Gullberg founded the European College of Osteopathic medicine in 2020.
The institute represents a broad basic education in osteopathic medicine with a strong foundation in the handcraft it takes to become an osteopath. Everything from the facility to the teaching stab has been thoroughly planned, to reach up to the high standards that osteopathy deserves. Our Institute will be a focal point for as well as students as osteopaths with a forward striving to advance and bring the osteopathy forward.
International college of osteopaths in Alingsås.
Our vision
Creating a great institute in the spirit of traditions and the forward thinking of Andrew Taylor Still.
Our mission
We will provide Europe with high quality osteopaths in anatomical skills, diagnostic competence and treatment.
Our Partners
ECOM was co-founded with Dr. Vincent Staf, osteopath and founder of IOB, Bordeaux International Osteopathic Medical School in Bordeaux, France.
