Osteopathic Medicine

You are more than just the sum of your body parts. That’s why doctors of osteopathic medicine (DOs) practice a “Whole person approach” to health care. Instead of just treating specific symptoms, osteopathic physicians treat you, the whole person. Osteopaths understand how all the body’s systems are interconnected and how each one affects the others.

Osteopaths know that the body’s structure plays a critical role in its ability to function. They use their eyes and hands to identify structural problems and to support the body’s natural tendency toward health and self-healing.

Osteopaths also use their ears to listen to you and your health concerns, and also your emotional problems that may also be contributing to your present condition. DOs help patients develop attitudes and lifestyles that don’t just fight illness but also help prevent disease.

Today, we live in a world of advanced medical science and new discoveries of drug treatments. In the midst of these wonders, it’s easy to forget that what patients really need is a healing touch. Osteopaths haven’t forgotten.

Osteopathic manipulative treatment, is hands-on care. It involves using the hands to diagnose, treat and prevent illness or injury. Your osteopath will move your muscles and joints using techniques including stretching, gentle pressure and resistance.

Osteopathic manipulative treatment can help people of all ages and backgrounds. The treatment can be used to ease pain, promote healing and increase overall mobility. Osteopathy is often used to treat muscle pain and joint dysfunction. But it can also help patients with a number of other health problems such as asthma, sinus disorders   carpal tunnel syndrome   migraines   menstrual pain and visceral dysfunction.

When appropriate, osteopathic manipulative treatment can compliment and even replace, drugs or surgery. In this way, osteopathic manipulative treatment brings an important dimension to medical care.

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