All of these treatment modalities have a philosophy of improving overall health and wellbeing of the patient and may address different aspects of health.  Some focus on the spine and nervous system, others on the muscular systems and circulatory system.  Osteopathy is concerned with all the systems in the body, from circulatory to neurological, and improving their function through restoring the structure.  It is important that the therapist has a keen understanding of the connections between the function of these systems and the structures that influence them.  Treatment is applied individually after careful assessment and is never limited to just one area of the body.  Oftentimes patients are surprised that treatment applied in an area may have a significant influence on another area where they experienced symptoms.