What does an Osteopath do? Derived from ancient Greek ‘osteo’ meaning ‘bone’, and ‘path’ meaning ‘disease of’. Osteopathy is a manual therapy that aims to improve health, wellbeing and injury by manipulating and strengthening both the muscles and the skeleton. Osteopathy involves hands-on manipulation of the joints, muscles and spine, with an aim to improve the nervous, circulatory, and lymphatic …