11/05/2023
Publication originale de Jacob Hardwick. Un énorme merci pour ce partage!
Un article intriguant sur les racines autochtones de l'ostéopathie et les ressemblances entre sa pratique contemporaine aux États-Unis et les pratiques traditionnelles encore existantes dans les communautés autochtones.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/11771801231197417?fbclid=IwAR1BedOoYATMGRyObQ0bV3mF5-gL-1YFyePRh_CIIF9MDsDRHf319Q9UULw -11771801231197417
Voici un extrait de la discussion:
We believe we have demonstrated the remarkable similarity between Cherokee Manual Medicine as learned in a traditional manner by Dr Mehl-Madrona and the contemporary practices of osteopathy. The similarities are greater than the differences. While the evidence is indirect in the conventional settler-colonial definition of evidence, the preponderance of similarities, the exposure of Still to the tribes of Missouri and Kansas, the remarkable similarity of the philosophy he developed, and the difference from the prevailing philosophies surrounding health and healing from his era, to that of the Indigenous Nations, all support the idea that Still was influenced by Indigenous people and practices and that osteopathy rests on the shoulders of Indigenous people. This matters due to the systematic erasure of the contributions of Indigenous people to contemporary mainstream life. We wish to return to an awareness of those contributions.
The osteopathic medicine taught today has changed from Still’s original expression, becoming more reliant on techniques and precision, and can be sometimes quite mechanical. This developmental process has certainly standardized the profession to a more dominant western biomedical health care model. However, the evolution of osteopathy preserves some of the tenets of Native Americans’ traditional practice, especially through the more meditative-oriented approaches; for example, the teachings and writings of Dr James Jealous and his colleagues, who teach biodynamic osteopathy (McPartland & Skinner, 2005), integrating such a distinctive touch-based mindfulness strategy into the osteopathic health care profession widespread throughout the world.
We wish to acknowledge the Indigenous origins of osteopathy, incorporate Indigenous sociocultural belief systems of health into medicine, and consequently, promote a culturally sensitive person-centered approach by raising knowledge of various sociocultural health assumptions. Current medical anthropological perspectives focus on the legacy of traditional principles to advance the osteopathic profession by promoting ethical, culturally sensitive, and evidence-informed person-centered care in a western secular environment (Zegarra-Parodi et al., 2022). When we appreciate the origins of American osteopathy in Indigenous practices, we are more able to do that. We think it’s important that osteopathic medical students learn about the contributions of Indigenous people to the practices they are learning.
We explore the historical connection of Andrew Taylor Still, hereafter referred to as Still, with Indigenous peoples of the Central Plains, USA, notably the Sha...