types of OMM

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hey guys,

so today's the day, i started filling out the AACOMAS form, and i wanted to put informtion (you don't realize how small 100 characters is!) about one of the DO's i shadowed.

he did alot of different types of manipulative therapy, but i don't know the actual names of the kinds, and was wondering if you guys knew about it.

one was a type of table that the patient laid on, and little knobby type things moved up and down to do an almost massage. the other incorporated little heated pads that were applied to the body.

any info anyone could provide is appreciated 🙂

sasha

 

[kellkitten]

hey guys,

so today's the day, i started filling out the AACOMAS form, and i wanted to put informtion (you don't realize how small 100 characters is!) about one of the DO's i shadowed.

he did alot of different types of manipulative therapy, but i don't know the actual names of the kinds, and was wondering if you guys knew about it.

one was a type of table that the patient laid on, and little knobby type things moved up and down to do an almost massage. the other incorporated little heated pads that were applied to the body.

any info anyone could provide is appreciated 🙂

sasha

Did he ever do any manipulative techniques with his hands? Stretching? Massage with his hands? Etc? You'll find that at most Osteopathic schools, we are taught how to use our hands to move, massage and manipulate our patients bodies in order to help them heal. Soft tissue techniques would be a decent way to put it...if I had to put an Osteopathic term to it. Good luck on applying! Let us know if there's anything you need help with!

 

[Taus]

the 2 things you mentioned are not really something we are taught as far as I am aware.... if he put a person in a position and held it there for over a minute = counterstrain, cracked something = HVLA, did something that looked like a deep/specific massage = soft-tissue, put the person in a certain position and asked the pt to push back against the doc several times = muscle energy

any of that sound like what he did?

 

[OSUdoc08]

hey guys,

so today's the day, i started filling out the AACOMAS form, and i wanted to put informtion (you don't realize how small 100 characters is!) about one of the DO's i shadowed.

he did alot of different types of manipulative therapy, but i don't know the actual names of the kinds, and was wondering if you guys knew about it.

one was a type of table that the patient laid on, and little knobby type things moved up and down to do an almost massage. the other incorporated little heated pads that were applied to the body.

any info anyone could provide is appreciated 🙂

sasha

OMM Types:

-Soft Tissue
-Myofascial Release
-Muscle Energy
-Strain-Counterstrain
-Ballotment
-Craniosacral
-Lymphatic Pump
-High Velocity-Low Amplitude

 

[DragonWell]

OMM Types:

-Soft Tissue
-Myofascial Release
-Muscle Energy
-Strain-Counterstrain
-Ballotment
-Craniosacral
-Lymphatic Pump
-High Velocity-Low Amplitude

What exactly is "Ballotment"?

 

[DORoe]

The techniques you described are not OMM techniques.

 

[OSUdoc08]

The techniques you described are not OMM techniques.

Yes, those described above seem to be something a chiropractor or massage therapist would do.

 

[OSUdoc08]

What exactly is "Ballotment"?

I still to this day don't know, and I passed a practical on it 2 weeks ago!

 

[Kuba]

Yes, those described above seem to be something a chiropractor or massage therapist would do.

Yea, I had those done to me when I went to the Chiropractor. Do Chiro's and Osteopaths have similar manipulations?

 

[OSUdoc08]

Yea, I had those done to me when I went to the Chiropractor. Do Chiro's and Osteopaths have similar manipulations?

A few of the techniques are similar. A difference is that Chiropractors use tools and objects, such as an "activator", an object that looks like a car waxer, special tables, etc.

Osteopathic physicians are trained to do ALL of their treatment with their hands. If you cannot feel the tissue and know that you are treating it correctly, then how do you know you are being effective?

DO's use actual medical diagnoses to treat their patients, which is another major difference.

 

[Kuba]

A few of the techniques are similar. A difference is that Chiropractors use tools and objects, such as an "activator", an object that looks like a car waxer, special tables, etc.

Osteopathic physicians are trained to do ALL of their treatment with their hands. If you cannot feel the tissue and know that you are treating it correctly, then how do you know you are being effective?

DO's use actual medical diagnoses to treat their patients, which is another major difference.

....And Osteopaths don't make their living getting paid by lawyers and auto insurance companies...

 

[OSUdoc08]

....And Osteopaths don't make their living getting paid by lawyers and auto insurance companies...

👍

 

[DORoe]

What exactly is "Ballotment"?

I have heard of tapotment which is a type of rhythmic percussion type technique.

 

[DragonWell]

What exactly is "Ballotment"?

Maybe you cure the patient by putting them in a voting booth...?

 

[CoverMe]

Maybe you cure the patient by putting them in a voting booth...?

HA!!! Nice!! 👍

I just had my cumulative practical this morning and we never had ballottement??

However... these are the two definitions i found on the web....

Definitions of ballottement on the Web:

(bal·lotte·ment) (b[schwa]-lot¢m[schwa]nt) [Fr. “a tossing about”] a palpatory maneuver to test for a floating object. The term is applied especially to a maneuver for detecting the existence of pregnancy by pushing up the head or breech of a fetus by fingers inserted into the vagina, so as to cause the fetus to rise and fall again like a heavy body in water.
www.merckmedicus.com/pp/us/hcp/thcp_dorlands_content.jsp

a palpatory technique for feeling a floating object in the body (especially for determining the position of a fetus by feeling the rebound of the fetus after a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus)
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn


One might think, that by the time you can "bounce" a fetus around, most moms will have already figured out they're pregnant.

😱 😱 Thank God we didn't have to practice this one on each other !! 😱 😱

 

[Nate]

hey guys,

so today's the day, i started filling out the AACOMAS form, and i wanted to put informtion (you don't realize how small 100 characters is!) about one of the DO's i shadowed.

he did alot of different types of manipulative therapy, but i don't know the actual names of the kinds, and was wondering if you guys knew about it.

one was a type of table that the patient laid on, and little knobby type things moved up and down to do an almost massage. the other incorporated little heated pads that were applied to the body.

any info anyone could provide is appreciated 🙂

sasha

Hey Sasha, I would leave the specific interest in OMM and osteopathic medicine for the secondary applications, in which many schools ask specifically why you want to be a DO. In your primary you may want to write a more general essay on why medicine or just about your own qualities.

 

[CoverMe]

Hey Sasha, I would leave the specific interest in OMM and osteopathic medicine for the secondary applications, in which many schools ask specifically why you want to be a DO. In your primary you may want to write a more general essay on why medicine or just about your own qualities.

Nate...

I did this on my apps (didn't go into osteopathic med at all in my PS, just why i should be a dr) and was asked about it at both schools i applied to/interviewed at. Although the OP wasn't asking about the PS (rather, the more specific q/a portion of the aacomas form), I'd recommend addressing it in the PS. it seemed like a big deal that i didn't talk about it in my PS???

that being said, i got into both schools..... so maybe not THAT big of a deal! 😉

Anyone else have experience /c this either way???