Sekkotsu

Sekkotsu (接骨) or Judo therapy is the traditional Japanese art of bone-setting the application of non-surgical physical manipulation to treat fractures, dislocations, sprains, and bruises.It's origins date back to feudal Japan as a type of battlefield medicine and is used in many Budo(武道), or Japanese martial arts settings and disciplines in Japan today.

A Judo therapist [ja; zh] is a Bone and Muscle Injury Specialist. It is the only Japanese national qualified license (国家資格) in the bone-setting area. The license issued under the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

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  1. ↑ Bodeker, Gerard; Ong, C. K. (2005). WHO Global Atlas of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine. World Health Organization. p. 196. ISBN 978-92-4-156286-7.