In this second part on the history of theosteopathy I'm telling you about its arrival in Europe and its development in France.
Martin Littlejohn and the British School of Osteopathy
John Martin LittleJohn was a Scottish man who arrived in Kirksville in 1897 to seek treatment from Dr. Still because he suffered from chronic neck and throat problems.
He was conquered by theosteopathy and decided to follow the training.
It was he who founded the first European school in London in 1917: the British School of Osteopathy. It still exists today under the name of University College of Osteopathy.
Arrival of osteopathy in France
One of the first representatives of osteopathy in France was Doctor Robert Lavezarri.
Trained by an American osteopath and student of Still, Dr. Florence Gair, he moved to Paris in 1936.
In 1957, Paul Gény, a physiotherapist who worked with Robert Lavezzari, founded theFrench School of Osteopathy.
In 1965, for legal reasons, this school had to move to England, to Maidstone and became theEuropean School of Osteopathy.
The second wave and recognition
It was from the 1980s that several osteopathy colleges, who will participate in the growth of this practice in France.
We will have to wait for the March 4, 2002 for France to legalize the practice of osteopathy and five additional years for the implementing decrees to be published in March 2007.