What is the difference between D.O. and M.D.?

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DO stands for Doctor of Osteopathy. With osteo meaning bone, DOs are basically bone doctors. Kinda like how dentists deal only with teeth, DOs deal only with bones.
 
Oh yea, they also give really really good massages
 
web2linc said:
Google it.
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That's a great answer. You were such a big help. Must be nice to not have anything to do on a Saturday night but sit around and get aggressive with people with honest questions. I think I might know why you are on the internet at this hour instead of having out with friends or a significant other.
 
PHatD said:
That's a great answer. You were such a big help. Must be nice to not have anything to do on a Saturday night but sit around and get aggressive with people with honest questions. I think I might know why you are on the internet at this hour instead of having out with friends or a significant other.
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Well if you don't want to google it you could use the search function at the top of the forum. If that don't suit you, you can keep checking this thread until it gets shut down.

I've asked some dumb things too, but I'm beginning to think ppl actually search this, see how much ppl flame the OP, and then start another thread just to annoy ppl haha.
 
Why would this thread get shut down? I'm new around here?
 
Is this seriously the best trollpost you could come up with? Lame, sir.
 
I wouldn't have posted this thread if I would have known the backlash I was going to get. You guys are cranky.
 
Movado1 said:
DO stands for Doctor of Osteopathy. With osteo meaning bone, DOs are basically bone doctors. Kinda like how dentists deal only with teeth, DOs deal only with bones.
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1/10.

DOs are Doctors of osteopathic medicine. Originally known as osteopathy (and still known as Osteopathy in the rest of the world where the training of osteopaths (in contrast to osteopathic physicians in the US) only deals with the manual medicine part), osteopathic medicine was founded in the 1890s, a time when allopathic medicine (MDs) were just as likely to kill you as help you. Over the 100+ years since osteopathic medicine was founded, and unlike all of the "alternatives" to allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine has adopted evidence based medicine and converged with allopathic medicine to the system we have today. In all intents and purposes, osteopathic and allopathic medicine is almost the same thing.
 
Movado1 said:
DO stands for Doctor of Osteopathy. With osteo meaning bone, DOs are basically bone doctors. Kinda like how dentists deal only with teeth, DOs deal only with bones.
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I hope this was a joke...
 
wristbandMD said:
I hope this was a joke...
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get your sarcasm meter checked 😉
 
PHatD said:
That's a great answer. You were such a big help. Must be nice to not have anything to do on a Saturday night but sit around and get aggressive with people with honest questions. I think I might know why you are on the internet at this hour instead of having out with friends or a significant other.
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🤣 You mad? 🤣
 
PHatD said:
I wouldn't have posted this thread if I would have known the backlash I was going to get. You guys are cranky.
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You know that people are giving you a lot of **** because every week or so someone comes in and asks this same stupid question. It then eventually ends up into a pissing contest of why MD is better than DO with the odd Carib MD thrown in there for good measure. The OP then gets flamed hard just like what's happening to you now. People on here DO NOT want to see DO v MD threads especially when you can easily get that information by googleing it. Honestly, if people can find out about SDN they can find out answers to basic questions.
 
Movado1 said:
DO stands for Doctor of Osteopathy. With osteo meaning bone, DOs are basically bone doctors. Kinda like how dentists deal only with teeth, DOs deal only with bones.
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What? deal with bone only?
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O. or DO) is a doctoral degree for physicians (medical doctors) in the United States. Holders of the DO degree are known as osteopathic physicians. DOs undergo a similar curriculum as M.D.s, with the addition of osteopathic manipulative medicine techniques.

Osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) is the application of the distinct osteopathic philosophy when diagnosing and treating a patient. OMM takes into account the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health of a patient, and how each aspect could be contributing to the disease state. Included in this, a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine is trained to perform a structural diagnosis and use Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) when appropriate.
 
I graduated from TCOM in '87, in a class of 82 people. The MD program I could have gone to had about 200 in the class. The D.O. profession has always had a 'family' feeling about it to me...very friendly folks at conventions, great continuity with the TCOM alumni assoc. I ended up an FP F-15 flight surgeon in the AF (HPSP). No regrets, not going the MD route. My pilots loved that I could get them back to flight duty without meds (neck pain from pulling G's, and the DO skills allowed me to treat them and get them back to the cockpit). If they take meds, they go DNIF ("duty not to include flying"), at least for 3 days (even on Motrin). The DO training gives you some extra skills for helping folks...I had many MDs ask me to see pts for pain relief. Did undergrad at Tulane (in Physics), then an MPH also at Tulane. I'm glad to answer any questions pre-meds have about the DO option. [email protected]
 
XeReX said:
What? deal with bone only?
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O. or DO) is a doctoral degree for physicians (medical doctors) in the United States. Holders of the DO degree are known as osteopathic physicians. DOs undergo a similar curriculum as M.D.s, with the addition of osteopathic manipulative medicine techniques.

Osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) is the application of the distinct osteopathic philosophy when diagnosing and treating a patient. OMM takes into account the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health of a patient, and how each aspect could be contributing to the disease state. Included in this, a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine is trained to perform a structural diagnosis and use Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) when appropriate.
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Siggy said:
1/10.

DOs are Doctors of osteopathic medicine. Originally known as osteopathy (and still known as Osteopathy in the rest of the world where the training of osteopaths (in contrast to osteopathic physicians in the US) only deals with the manual medicine part), osteopathic medicine was founded in the 1890s, a time when allopathic medicine (MDs) were just as likely to kill you as help you. Over the 100+ years since osteopathic medicine was founded, and unlike all of the "alternatives" to allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine has adopted evidence based medicine and converged with allopathic medicine to the system we have today. In all intents and purposes, osteopathic and allopathic medicine is almost the same thing.
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All y'all got trololololed
 
Why waste 4 years in med school if you are not going to come out with an MD at the end of your name? Someone aware me..
 
PreMedder said:
Why waste 4 years in med school if you are not going to come out with an MD at the end of your name? Someone aware me..
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Why go to a medical school that knowingly and needlessly limits the treatment options that they teach you?
 
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