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WHITEPAPER: Modern and Scientifically Up-to-Date Osteopathic Principles 1 1. The Conceptual and Clinical Challenges Associated with Osteopathy 4 2. Evidence Based Praxis 6 3. Rationale for Consulting an Osteopath 9 4. Osteopathic Clinical Assessment 10 5. Finding the Complaint Structure 12 5.1. History-Taking 12 5.2. Provocative Palpation 16 5.3. Somatic Dysfunction (SD) 17 6. Mechanisms or Types of Pain and Pain Generators 19 6.1. Pain Generators 19 6.2. Types of Pain 22 6.2.1. General 22 6.2.2. Acute and Chronic Pain 22 6.2.3. Nociceptive and Neuropathic Pain 23 6.2.4. Somatic and Visceral Pain 23 6.2.5. Referred Pain 24 6.2.6. Somatogenic and Psychogenic Pain 25 6.3. Pain Threshold 25 6.4. Pain Tolerance 26 6.5. General Osteopathic Approach 27 7. Different Disorders that Can Influence the Complaint Area 29 7.1. Vascular and Oxygenation Disorders 29 7.1.1. Oxygenation and Tissue Homeostasis 29 7.1.2. Treatment Goals in Patients with Hypoxemia 30 7.1.3. Inflammation and Hypoxemia/Hypoxia 33 7.1.4. Obesity and Hypoxemia/Hypoxia 34 7.1.5. Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF): Physiology and Clinical Considerations 34 7.1.5.1. General 34 7.1.5.2. Functions of Cerebrospinal Fluid 35 7.1.5.3. Composition of Cerebrospinal Fluid 36 7.1.5.4. Osteopathic Perspective and Scientific Context 37 7.1.5.5. Systems Supporting CSF Function (Osteopathic Considerations) 37 7.1.5.6. Cranial Membranous System and CSF Dynamics (Hypothetical Model) 38 7.1.6. Disorders of the Arteries and Veins 38 7.1.7. Disorders of the Lymphatic System 38 7.2. Neurological Disorders 39 7.2.1. Disorders of the Peripheral Nervous System 39 7.2.2. Disorders of the Central Nervous System 41 7.2.3. Disorders of Motor Control 43 7.2.3.1. General 43 7.2.3.2. Sensory System 43 7.2.3.3. Necessary Components of Proper Motor Control 44 7.2.3.4. Hierarchical Organization of Motor Control 46 7.2.3.5. Four Principal Levels of Motor Control 46 7.2.3.6. Two Major Parallel Circuits 50 7.2.3.7. Osteopathic Approach 51 7.2.4. Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System 52 7.2.4.1. General 52 7.2.4.2. Development of the ANS 53 7.2.4.3. Vagal Brake 54 7.2.4.4. Treating Children 54 7.2.5. Neuroinflammation and Chronic Pain 59 7.3. Mechanical Disorders of the Spine 61 7.3.1. Mechanical Goals 61 7.3.2. Mechanical Approach of Mobilization and Manipulation 64 7.3.3. The Upper Cervical Region and Relation with the CSF 65 7.3.4. Spinal Manipulation (SM) 67 7.3.4.1. General 67 7.3.4.2. Functional Path 67 7.3.4.3. Key Spinal Manipulation Effects on Muscles 68 7.4. Immunity Disorders 69 7.4.1. Considerations for the Osteopathic Practice 69 7.4.2. Innate Immunity 70 7.4.3. Adaptive or Acquired Immunity 72 7.4.4. Passive Immunity 73 7.4.5. Cytokines 74 7.4.5.1. General 74 7.4.5.2. Involvement of Cytokines 75 7.4.5.3. Types of Cytokines 75 7.4.5.4. Importance of Cytokines in Patients with Pain and Complaints 76 7.4.5.5. Inflammatory Reflex 78 7.4.6. Nutrition and the Immune System 79 7.4.7. Overnutrition and the Immune System 81 7.4.8. Exercising as Therapy 82 7.4.9. Macronutrients and the Immune System 83 7.4.10. Location of the Immune System 83 7.4.11. The Gut and the Immune System 91 7.4.12. The Lungs and the Immune System 93 7.4.13. The ANS and the Immune System 95 7.4.14. Vitamins, Micronutrients and the Immune System 97 7.4.15. Sleep and the Immunity System 97 7.4.16. Chronic Stress and the Immune System 98 7.4.17. Auto-Inflammatory Syndromes 98 7.5. Metabolic Disorders 99 Bibliography 101