Frésard Thomas (Genève)

Manual therapy and healing Manual therapy has certainly existed since time immemorial. written records date back to antiquity, but it is through the bonesetters that the tradition has been preserved. Even if they can't rationally explain what they do, they have handed down through the ages their "savoir faire", which consists in restoring bodily integrity by "correcting certain defects". Manipulation in modern times It was not until the end of the last century that manual care became organized as a method. existing manipulations were catalogued and others invented Pain and illness were linked to "displacements and stiffness". palpable "displacements and stiffness", regarded as defects. The 1st method of organized manual care was developed in Sweden instigated by Thure Brandt (1819-1895). Dr Henri Stapfer (1847-1912) took these techniques to France. At the same time, in the United States, two major manipulative manipulative therapy : § Osteopathy, created by A.T.Still (1828-1917) § Chiropractic, developed by B.J.Palmer (1881-1961), a former student of Still's of Still