what counterstrain resource to use for COMLEX prep?

[spookles99]

Hello, any advice on which counterstrain resources I should rely on for the COMLEX, between (1) Atlas of Osteopathic Techniques by Nicholas, and (2) Atlas of Common Counterstrain Tender Points by Snyder and Glover?

(There are discrepancies between them.)

Thanks.

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[DO2015CA]

Green book that’s it. There are over 100 points to learn. It’s too much to learn them all. Learn the high yield

 

[starri]

That is super overkill, dude.

 

[ortnakas]

Green book that’s it. There are over 100 points to learn. It’s too much to learn them all. Learn the high yield

Agreed. This is all I used for Level 1 and Level 2, and it served me well enough. If you’re going to focus on any OMT for COMLEX my suggestion is viscerosomatics/sympathetic levels; there’s too many counterstrain tender points, too much variability between sources and far better uses of your time and brain space.

 

[Peach Newport]

Combank. I swear combank and Savarese are the only resources you’ll ever need for OMM shelf and comlex. The combank questions and explanations are worth their weight in gold.

I went from failing OMM to literally scoring 100 on everything on comlex, the shelf, and class using just combank.

 

[popopopop]

Combank. I swear combank and Savarese are the only resources you’ll ever need for OMM shelf and comlex. The combank questions and explanations are worth their weight in gold.

I went from failing OMM to literally scoring 100 on everything on comlex, the shelf, and class using just combank.

Can you use Combank for specific OMM topics? If so, I'm not able to figure out how.

 

[AltMentStat]

Can you use Combank for specific OMM topics? If so, I'm not able to figure out how.

When you create a test, choose all of the systems and only choose osteopathic principles and practices under the disciplines. You'll get OMM specific questions. This is pretty much the only thing I am using Combank for currently.

 

[JamesPotterMS-3]

I don't remember getting any counterstrain questions on the COMLEX. Lots of origin/insertion type BS questions though.

 

[DO2015CA]

I don't remember getting any counterstrain questions on the COMLEX. Lots of origin/insertion type BS questions though.

This is why comlex is whack and it matters which test you get. I had a good amount of CS but the green book was sufficient. A lot of set ups and treatment positions not random points

 

[shadowlightfox]

You can also use the Kaplan OMM book if your school provides it. It's literally a direct copy of what Savarese wrote only in a more organized fashion and more eye friendly tables IMO. Of course there's no practice questions in Kaplan, so go back to the green book for that.