The concept of animal osteopathy or veterinary osteopathy is relatively recent in Italy, but it has been a concrete, structured reality for decades in several international contexts: animal osteopathy is an anatomical-functional discipline practised manually, indicated to solve functional problems in animals in the absence of pathology. The work is therefore done on healthy animals that do not function well, whether in terms of the locomotor, visceral, fascial or craniosacral systems, and to promote the correct function of organs and systems.

Although it shares theoretical principles with human osteopathy, animal osteopathy differs in its application because of the anatomical, biomechanical and functional differences of animals, and is founded on the same principles introduced in the nineteenth century by the American physician A.T. Still.

It is, in short, a consolidated approach to care, increasingly open to the care of animals too.

Thanks to a differentiated curriculum, the animal osteopathy course taught by Istituto ISAO is aimed across the board at: newcomers to the field, care specialists such as veterinarians who wish to broaden their training and, more generally, all health professionals who normally support veterinary and human medical practice.

• Beginners
• Veterinarians and veterinary nurses
• Nurses
• Osteopaths
• Physiotherapists
• Graduates in Animal Protection and Welfare

The professional qualification certificate gives graduates a range of job possibilities in various settings, as freelance professionals or directly within facilities, supporting the services of veterinarians, trainers and animal protection and conservation bodies.

• Freelance professional
• Veterinary clinics
• Dog training centres
• Horse training and equestrian sport centres
• Nature parks and reserves
• Zoos and aquariums
• Falconry centres

Graduates will be able to work in veterinary clinics under the direct supervision of veterinarians, in animal rehabilitation centres, or as freelance professionals.

• Practical approach: in-person seminars for complete learning.
• Expert teachers: teaching by experienced professionals.
• Flexibility: online study to balance studying with other commitments.
• Professional recognition: a course in line with job-market requirements.