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i'm going to be starting D.O. school in the fall. i'm interested in Anesthesia and EM. i've searched this site and other sources and it seems that DOs barely ever use OMT in anesthesia. is this due to
1. time restrictions/high patient load
2. billing issues
3. lack of skill
4. contraindications and
5. lack of applicability of OMT
6. any conditions that could have been treated with OMT have already been treated by the time surgery rolls around
which specialties utilize (or have the potential to utilize OMT) the most? primary care specialties, sports med, physiatry, neurology, and surgical post-op procedures? it's just kinda disheartening that OMT, the major component of osteopathic medicine, isn't really even used in osteopathic medicine. but who knows, maybe i'll be jaded in a few years too.
(i also posted this in the EM forum. not trying to spam!)
1. time restrictions/high patient load
2. billing issues
3. lack of skill
4. contraindications and
5. lack of applicability of OMT
6. any conditions that could have been treated with OMT have already been treated by the time surgery rolls around
which specialties utilize (or have the potential to utilize OMT) the most? primary care specialties, sports med, physiatry, neurology, and surgical post-op procedures? it's just kinda disheartening that OMT, the major component of osteopathic medicine, isn't really even used in osteopathic medicine. but who knows, maybe i'll be jaded in a few years too.
(i also posted this in the EM forum. not trying to spam!)