Relieve Pain with Osteopathic Manipulation Treatment

Pain management is one of the most pervading medical issues that confront healthcare professionals, both in the primary care and specialty fields. For this reason, scientists and researchers have been conducting experiments aimed at finding ways to manage and alleviate pain.

Many medical studies have shown that the administration of osteopathic manipulative treatment following a major surgery can radically reduce pain, thus reducing the needs of patients for pain medication. The 1999 study conducted by the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine led by Frederick Goldstein is the first to conclude that OMT can reduce pain.

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How does OMT do that? The body must have a normal nerve function and it must circulate all of the body fluids such as blood, cerebral spinal fluids, lymph, and digestive acids, to sustain one’s health. These fluids carry oxygen, nutrition, hormones, and enzymes, which are all needed to regulate the body and maintain its health. Blockages of the nerves fluids can result in pain or illness.

OMT can be used in structural blocks like in the blockages in the tissues, organs, or bones. Here, the treatment involves gentle hands-on techniques in removing such physical blocks. OMT restores normal function and structure, which eventually promotes healing and relieves pain.

Osteopathic manipulative treatment can be applied to the following conditions, headaches, migraines, muscle aches, sciatica, joint pain, sports injuries, sprains, strains. Pain on the neck, shoulders, and back is addressed as well. It can also be used for such medical conditions as sinusitis, asthma, bronchitis, anxiety, and depression.

OMT is known not only to ease pain and promote healing, but to increase one’s mobility as well. Whenever appropriate, most experts believe that the procedure can complement certain drugs or even replace them in certain cases. The practitioners of OMT are real doctors DO, doctor of osteopathic medicine. Unlike other healing procedures, this one is performed by a Doctor of Osteophatic Medicine. The treatment procedure involves the moving of the joints and muscles using the hands. Techniques such as gentle pressure, resistance, and stretching are usually performed. OMT is slowly putting a new dimension to healthcare. It is currently setting a new standard that both doctors and patients can take advantage of.