Osteopathy is used to relieve certain pains associated with pregnancy. It helps to combat infertility and make it easier to cope with ART treatments.

Osteopathy is an alternative medicine:

- It is a therapy that takes a holistic approach to the body.

- For the osteopath, the internal and external body are intrinsically.

- A patient who is in good health should have a body which is flexible and mobile: this is known as elasticity.

- Osteopaths use manipulation, stretching and palpation to eliminate areas of tension and certain blockages that are the cause of infertility problems.

-Osteopathic techniques are based on anatomical and physiological data.

- When it comes to infertility, the pelvis, sacrum, coccyx, hips, viscera, diaphragm, spinal column as well as the skull are examined as the hormones secreted by the brain are essential for fertility.

- There is no standard protocol. Each osteopath tailors their protocol according to their practice, experience and the patient's condition.

- Osteopaths can be consulted for both explained and unexplained infertility (the results are better for unexplained infertility).

- Osteopathic treatment also helps to prepare for or cope with ART treatment, which is often physically and emotionally difficult.

- Osteopathy can help the body to receive the embryo.

- Osteopathy can act on ovulation, fertilisation and implantation.

- Osteopathy treats tension affecting the vascular and nervous system circulation of the gynaecological area.

- Osteopathy can also be useful for the male partner in terms of general rebalancing, but could also help to improve sperm quality by boosting sperm vitality.

- The results of osteopathy in infertility are all the more effective when the infertility seems unexplained.

- There are few scientific studies on the effectiveness of osteopathy in infertility, as these studies are costly, but patient feedback is very often positive.

- The psychological placebo effect of osteopathy is not negligible, as many cases of infertility have a psychological component. This phenomenon also exists in traditional medicine.

Osteopathy does not replace conventional medical treatment for infertility. It provides additional help.