Interview Question

[LEB129]

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I noticed in the interview feedback section that someone posted being asked the question:

"Do you think osteopathic manipulative medicine could be used to treat such things as diabetes or a heart condition?"

Does anyone have thoughts on this? I think I have a firm understanding of OMM but I'm not completely sure about this question!

 

[Depakote]

I noticed in the interview feedback section that someone posted being asked the question:

"Do you think osteopathic manipulative medicine could be used to treat such things as diabetes or a heart condition?"

Does anyone have thoughts on this? I think I have a firm understanding of OMM but I'm not completely sure about this question!

My opinion... you'd be a fool to think that OMM could take the place of insulin. But diabetics and patients with heart conditions experience plenty of conditions that are secondary to their primary diseases. Neuropathy, edema, etc. While I don't have a complete understanding of OMM, I think this would be an excelent way to aleviate/treat some of these symptoms.

 

[Kuba]

I noticed in the interview feedback section that someone posted being asked the question:

"Do you think osteopathic manipulative medicine could be used to treat such things as diabetes or a heart condition?"

Does anyone have thoughts on this? I think I have a firm understanding of OMM but I'm not completely sure about this question!

not diabetes the disease, but ti could certainly help with a stiff shoulder from diabetes or blood flow to the feet, etc

 

[Nate]

OMM absolutely cannot take the place of meds in these diseases but they can help in addition to meds. For heart disease, you can manipulate the thoracic vertebrae at levels where the sympathetics leave to innervate the heart (hear rate and contractility). You can also manipulate the cervicals to get the phrenic nerve (diaphragm) and vagus nerve (rate).

Aside from manipulation, people often overlook what I think is the most powerful component of OMM which is diagnostics. Chest pain can also be musculoskeletal, just like back pain, and of course you should rule out the most serious illnesses first but being able to put your hands on the patient and feel that TART is valuable tool.

Hope that helped, just the fact that you made the effort to find this information should be good in your interview