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Snapshot before the quality program (relevance gates, tiered mapping, QA linter). v1 is the immutable before/after reference; evidence crawl was at ~175/3039 occupations when tagged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01PDKeXvpT6tENSvyQGLV1Uq
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name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| osteopath | Occupational skill for the role 'osteopath' (also: osteopathic practitioner). Use when the user asks for typical osteopath work such as: Inform patients and refer to appropriate practitioners when diagnosis reveals findings outside physical therapy.; Plan, prepare, or carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, or prevent physical dysfunction in patients.; Perform and document an initial exam, evaluating data to identify problems and determine a diagnosis prior to intervention. |
Osteopath
Osteopaths provide therapeutic treatment of disorders in the musculoskeletal system to patients with physical issues such as back pain, joint pain and digestive disorders. They mainly use manipulation of the body tissues, touch, stretching and massage techniques to relieve the patients` pain and promote a healthy lifestyle.
Core workflow
- Inform patients and refer to appropriate practitioners when diagnosis reveals findings outside physical therapy.
- Plan, prepare, or carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, or prevent physical dysfunction in patients.
- Perform and document an initial exam, evaluating data to identify problems and determine a diagnosis prior to intervention.
- Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
- Administer manual exercises, massage, or traction to help relieve pain, increase patient strength, or decrease or prevent deformity or crippling.
- Instruct patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home.
- Confer with the patient, medical practitioners, or appropriate others to plan, implement, or assess the intervention program.
- Review physician's referral and patient's medical records to help determine diagnosis and physical therapy treatment required.
How to use this skill
- Read references/profile.md for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult references/tasks.md for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check references/skills.md for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check references/tools.md for the software commonly used in this role.
- See references/ai-skills.md — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
Key competences (essential)
- apply deep tissue massage
- apply person-centred care
- comply with legislation related to health care
- conduct gross examination of tissues
- contribute to the rehabilitation process
- develop osteopathic treatment plans
- develop therapeutic relationships
- diagnose musculoskeletal conditions
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- follow-up on healthcare users' treatment
- health care legislation
- health care occupation-specific ethics
- listen actively
- maintain treatment records
Hot technologies
- Microsoft Outlook
- eClinicalWorks EHR software
- MEDITECH software
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a7198837-139d-49c7-8fd0-eb8d8c1ee844), ONET 30.3 (29-1123.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*