Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine

In addition to standard medical training, D.O.’s are taught to assess and distinguish normal healthy tissue from injured, restricted, or otherwise abnormal tissue using their hands. Coordinating this with medical expertise helps guide the physician to the root cause(s) of problems, and thereby directing their treatment. Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) is an array of manual techniques D.O.’s use to unwind, decompress, and relax injured tissue to return it to its natural state of healing.