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Osteopathy is a school of medicine which assumes a profound, if not central role for the musculoskeletal system in health and disease. Osteopathy emphasises a holistic approach and the skilled use of a range of manual and physical therapies (Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, or OMM in the United States) in the prevention and treatment of disease, particularly, but not solely, joint, muscle and nerve problems, such as back, neck and head pain. Osteopaths (or Osteopathic Physcians or Doctors of Osteopathy (DO) in the US) often see their role as facilitating the body's own recuperative powers by treating musculoskeletal or somatic dysfunction.