Abstract Background: For U.S. Osteopathic Manual Medicine (OMT) physicians, there is an over emphasis on medication, rather than the usage of manual diagnosis and therapy. We report a rare case of idiopathic penile pain ...

Purpose: Practitioners who use osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) rely on their hands to diagnose and treat patients. While the general population’s hand functionality declines with age, OMT practitioners seem to ...

Background: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a disease of chronic pain often times arising after an initial triggering event (i.e., surgery, trauma, stroke etc.) that is refractory to normal pain management. CRPS ...

Background Patients with proximal hamstring tendinopathy (PHT) will typically report deep buttock or thigh pain that increases with running speed which may also flare with prolonged sitting. Malalignment refers to a minimal ...

Introduction. Low back pain presents a unique and ongoing challenge for patients and physicians. Of those who experience an episode of low back pain, 10% go on to develop persistent chronic low back pain (CLBP). However, ...

Purpose: The trigeminal nerve coordinates several reflexes in the head, including a head-retraction reflex (HRR) when a stimulus comes close to the face. HRR utilizes the posterior neck musculature (PNM) to remove the face ...

Purpose Low back pain is the leading cause of disability in the United States. It is often associated with long term opioid use, which may lead to opioid misuse and serious adverse events. Current clinical guidelines caution ...

Background: Parkinson’s is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, second most common neurodegenerative disease. Standard of care is generally pharmacologic treatment with Levodopa, as it manages the bradykinesias, tremors ...