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Kids get injured
At Brookmead Osteopathic kids are treated as well as adults. Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) helps people of all ages that have muscle and joint pains. The individuals that have chronic conditions can benefit as well. Everyone can experience pain. Younger patients tend to respond faster than older patients. Even people recovering from concussion have benefited…
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Do you suffer from tension headaches?
If you have tension headaches and don’t tolerate medicine? What can one do? Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment(OMT) has been demonstrated to reduce the intensity and frequency of muscular induced headaches! No medication needed! The effects of OMT last for a long time, weeks to months. Muscle tension can affect musculoskeletal positioning leading to pain. The pain…
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Is osteopathic treatment real? Will it help me?
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine(OMT) has been in continuous practice for over 150 years and many individuals have benefitted from the care given. Over the years the practice has developed over 40 individual techniques, the founding principle remains true. The science behind the treatment continues to evolve. There are research papers that elucidate what physiologic changes occur…
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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…