Research behind OMM?

[valkairon]

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Is it legit? if it really works, how come MD's aren't doing it too? I go to an osteopathic school, and I'm going to learn it, but it doesn't seem very scientific. ha

 

[mrbazoun]

How about you refer to the thread not even two or three below yours. It's titled, 'OMT for LBP, a new study' or something like that.

 

[thepoopologist]

I loved the classes. Had some hot classmates, really didn't mind it at all.

 

[Mosonik]

OMM as a whole has long been regarded an empirically based field/practice.
Those who do it or receive it generally do so because they personally or someone they know benefit from it. On the other side of it, I've never heard a DO practice it for the "science" behind it.

Some research does exist but more so on the scale of a "does it work: yes or no" than a "what is the physiology going on behind it" . I'm not saying it's pseudo-science (some of the MS stuff is well supported) but others like cranial are historically more accepted on faith.

 

[acesup123]

Is it legit? if it really works, how come MD's aren't doing it too? I go to an osteopathic school, and I'm going to learn it, but it doesn't seem very scientific. ha

It's not scientific at all. They'll try to teach it in a way that it sounds "scientific" and basically make simple concepts overly complicated. Its pretty much pseudoscience. So are you in dental school or DO school?

 

[valkairon]

Dental school. I see the DO students do it all over campus. Dental students only learn head and neck OMM. I couldn't find much research behind it, and I don't want to ask the med students, because I feel like they might get offended. I might try and respectfully bring it up to the faculty when I take the class...

 

[valkairon]

Damn, a quick glance through your forum seems to imply that cranial, the one part of OMM I'm going to learn, is the most questionable. :/ Booo! I'll ask the Do's to show me the good stuff!