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Sekkotsu (接骨) or Judo therapy is the traditional Japanese art of bone-setting. It has been used in many Japanese martial arts and has developed alongside Judo into a licensed medical practice somewhat resembling chiropractic 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 Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

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