Spain

Federación Española de Osteópatas (FOE)

The Spanish Federation of Osteopaths (Federación Española de Osteópatas FOE) is an umbrella organization that include the Spanish Register of Osteopaths (Registro de Osteópatas de España, ROE); the Spanish Professional Association of Osteopaths (Asociación de Profesionales Españoles de Osteopatía, APREO) and the European Society of Osteopathic Medicine (Sociedad Europea de Medicina Osteopática, SEMO). Our Federation represents a group of 420 osteopaths.

Nowadays, Osteopathy is not yet recognized as an independent healthcare profession in Spain (as is not included on “Ley 44/2003 de Ordenación de las Profesiones Sanitarias”). In addition, the title “Osteopath” is not protected.

There’re actually 2 certified osteopathic schools in Spain (according to the European Standard UNE-EN 16686:2015 “Osteopathic Healthcare provision”) but there’re also other schools with lower levels of education.
Osteopathic practitioners in Spain include: Type I (with education abroad: mainly UK, France or Italy) and Type II (which is the biggest group, with about 85% of osteopaths previously trained as physiotherapists).

The Chairman of FOE is Fermín López Gil (presidencia@federacionosteopatas.es)
The FOE representative at Osteopathy Europe is Lluís M. Horta (lluis.horta@federacionosteopatas.es)
FOE website: https://www.federacionosteopatas.com/