Osteopathy, Allostasis and Oximetry: A Clinical Approach Oriented Toward the Future

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Together with Alain Bernard, we have been developing for several years an innovative approach to osteopathy that integrates the use of a pulse oximeter directly during treatment sessions. This tool allows us to objectify patients’ physiological responses in real time, particularly oxygen saturation and heart rate.

The aim is to observe the direct impact of manual treatment on the autonomic nervous system, based on the concept of allostasis, which describes the body’s ability to dynamically adapt to internal and external constraints. This perspective offers a more precise, global and coherent understanding of how the body functions.

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A Measurable and Clinical Osteopathy

Integrating physiological data into osteopathic sessions makes it possible to:

• support osteopathic practice with concrete physiological indicators

• refine differential diagnoses

• promote a shared language between medical and paramedical disciplines

• document the effects of manual treatment with greater scientific rigor

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This approach has a wide range of clinical applications, particularly in the management of COVID and post-COVID conditions, whiplash injuries, spondylolisthesis, as well as many functional disorders, always within a global and adaptive view of the patient.

Recently, we were invited on Nutriradio, France’s leading radio station dedicated to health prevention, functional medicine, and integrative health, to discuss our clinical practice, allostasis, and this objective approach to osteopathy.