Is OMT helpful in dermatology?

[CosmeDerma]

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The messages have been very helpful on this site...... Now for my question.... I really want to specialize in dermatology and am considering applying to NYCOM. I really find the philosopy of ostepathic medicine interesting and would like to know whether you feel that the additional training you would receive in OMT would be of much help to a practicing dermatologist.

Thanks 😀 😕

 

[DrMom]

I imagine that an OMT professor could come up with some suggestions of how it could be used.

Keep in mind, many DOs don't use OMT in their practice. You can always use it on family and friends, though. That said, I wouldn't let OMT alone be your deciding factor. Whether you use it or not, the palpatory & other skills help you out.

 

[DermpathDO]

Try going to the AOCD website and posting a email to one of the officers there....I think they would be more than happy to answer your questions about Dermatology and OMT. But my personal experience is that anything that improves lympahtic flow will help skin lesions, there fore OMT/OPP is useful in dermatology.

 

[meanderson]

very few DO's are dermatologists. If you knew before attending medical school that you wanted to go into derm, why would you apply DO? just curious.....

 

[luckystar]

Very few doctors in general are dermatologists.

 

[DOSouthpaw]

Why should he be a DO and go into derm? Easy, I was a lifeguard during highschool and I know I'm going to need someone to cut my future skin cancer off. If I had to choose between someone who could cut it off and send me home or someone who could cut it off and decrease my allostatic load with OMT.....ding dong I'd go to the latter.

 

[CosmeDerma]

meanderson,

I was thinking about Do instead of MD because I think that OMT could be of use but I worry that if I choose the DO route that it will only make it more difficult to become a dermotologist in the long run.

What is allostatic pressure, anyone?

Thanks

 

[droliver]

Originally posted by DermpathDO
But my personal experience is that anything that improves lympahtic flow will help skin lesions, there fore OMT/OPP is useful in dermatology.

Originally posted by DOSouthpaw
or someone who could cut it off and decrease my allostatic load with OMT.

No offence but I'm sorry, both of these statements seem to be a little on the fringe there. Do you have any peer-reviewed references for this phenomena in clinical medicine?😕