Osteopathic manual treatment (OMT), also known as osteopathic manipulative treatment, is a set of hands-on techniques used in osteopathic medicine to diagnose, treat, and prevent illness or injury. OMT provides manual adjustments to the musculoskeletal system that modulates the autonomic nervous system by reducing sympathetic tone and, to a lesser degree, augmenting parasympathetic effects.
Osteopathic manual practitioners use different OMT techniques alone or in combination to resolve somatic dysfunction. Treatments are either “direct,” in which the physician engages a patient’s restricted plane of motion, or “indirect,” in which the body is placed into a position of ease during treatment. OMT requiring a therapeutic correcting force is called an “active” treatment when provided by the physician and “passive” when provided by the patient. These techniques are normally employed together with therapeutic exercise, dietary, and occupational advice in an attempt to help patients recover from pain, disease and injury.
Osteopathic manipulative treatment consists of over many different techniques or procedures. They are broadly grouped into 7 major types: high-velocity-low-amplitude (also called thrust or mobilization with impulse), muscle energy, osteoarticular, counterstrain, myofascial release, lymphatic pump techniques and cranial osteopathy.
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