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MEANINGFULNESS, FULLFILMENT). The low frequency of the category of
“Illness/Helping” (3%) also indicates in my opinion that a shift of pradigms from
patho- to salutogenesis already occurred among the osteopaths.
The concept of “HUMAN BEING AS A MACHINE” and mechanical ways of
describing biological or organic observations, which were used frequently in older
osteopathic literature especially by A.T. Still (1902), was not confirmed to be relevant
in the interviews. Whenever there were metaphors used in the “STC” category they
were pointing more in the direction of process oriented concepts for health (HEALTH
AS PROCESS, PATTERN, REGULATION, INTERACTION) of osteopaths as
mentioned earlier.
9.1 Summary of Findings
High Grade of metaphorization (3,9 %) in osteopathic language.
Highest single categories of metaphors: „Other sensory perception
(OSP) (15%), „Orientation“ (12%), “Science/Technique/Craft“ (STC)
(10%).
The most important concepts of health in osteopathy are: HEALTH
AS (sensory) EXPERIENCE (25%), HEALTH AS (sociological)
EXPERIENCE (20%), HEALTH AS CHANGE (14%), HEALTH AS
ASSOCIATION (11%), HEALTH AS (technological) EXPERIENCE
(10%)
Conflicts in the integration of subjective personal experience and
osteopathic professional understanding of health.
Good competence for change and adaptation with deficits in
communication and exchange of osteopathic contents about health.
Technical and biomechanical concepts become less prevalent with
increasing professional experience in favour of a process oriented
approach.
Low metaphor preferences for organic, rhythmic and movement
oriented concepts for health.