Month: January 2024
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Is OMT safe for older adults?
There are over 40 different techniques in Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment(OMT). The trend in currently in OMT is away from fast articular techniques ( crunching and cracking joints). the doctors favor more soft tissue techniques. All techniques are safe and effective. Before treatment a history and directed physical are completed. The patient can always inform the…
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Concussion Recovery
Mild TBI better known as concussion effects individuals of any age. Unfortunately many sufferers are poorly educated in what to do to aid in recovery and what to avoid that hinders recovery. I have found that concussion symptoms vary, but many symptoms involve headaches and memory loss/changes. These may persist as other symptoms resolve. There…
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Pain associated with positioning
Many individuals adapt their emotional state. In fact one tell on how a person is feeling is by noting their body habitus position at rest and in motion. In this case it is very important to understand what is the usual body position patterns. It is helpful to know muscular and boney anatomy and how…
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Arthritis and pain
Some are born with arthritis, some age into arthritis, some have post trauma arthritis, all alter tension in the body and pain alters function. There are many conditions effecting the body also have functional changes and pain. Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment can help re-align the body and increase function. Patients that have been treated by OMT…
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Does experience matter?
Not all osteopaths practice Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment(OMT). There are over forty different techniques. Time allowed for treatment is sometimes limited in certain settings. Most DO’s site the lack of time, lack of confidence in their skills and the difficulty obtaining re-imbursement as the most common reason for not using their skills. This background information provides…
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Injury and snow shoveling.
In the US every year over 11,000 individuals suffer injury while shoveling snow. Around 100 people die from heart related issues per year while shoveling. A percentage of the more than 11,000 citizens that have musculoskeletal injuries who are seen for treatment and evaluation in Emergency departments (ED) annually. This number is based solely on…
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Can pain in one region cause pain in other areas?
The body is a balanced system composed of muscles, bones and other tissues. There is a fibrous sack that surrounds the body under the skin that attaches muscles and bones and skin. The fibers have a specific orientation. If one area is bound down that can translate to other areas. This causes an imbalance of…
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Can chronic conditions benefit from Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT)?
There are many chronic conditions that people suffer episodically. such as Osteoarthritis/ or inflammatory arthritis. Commonly an individual will sense the atmospheric changes associated with an incoming storm at least as well as a weather forecaster, sometimes more accurately! OMT will not cure arthritis. Chronic pain causes the body to adjust to lessen the effects…
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In pain and can’t get medicine that may help.
7% of adults in the US prefer to not take or can’t afford medicines! While the government battles the pharmaceutical companies regarding affordable medication, what is a person to do? Continue in pain? The majority of complaints of pain are related to muscle and joint discomfort. Many individuals may not have expendable income to spare,…