The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association
Pain is a common occurrence after tooth extraction and is usually localized to the extraction site. However, clinical experience shows that patients may also have pain in the head or neck in the weeks after this procedure. The authors present a case representative of these findings. In the case, cranial and cervical somatic dysfunction in a patient who had undergone tooth extraction was resolved through the use of osteopathic manipulative treatment.
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Osteopathic Family Physician
This article reviews the anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology of the renal and urinary systems. The clinically relevant interactions and contributions with the musculoskeletal system of interest and use to the osteopathic family physician will be discussed, and an osteopathic manipulative approach to the renal and urinary systems will be explored.
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American Family Physician
Low back pain is a common symptom in primary care patients that has many possible etiologies. Spinal manipulation is one of many potential treatment options that have been used by many different types of clinicians for more than a century. Only in the past 50 years have research studies evaluated the benefits of spinal manipulation.
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American Family Physician
Most adults experience low back pain at some point during their lives, making it one of the most common conditions encountered in primary care. The pain often improves greatly within one month, with more than 90 percent of patients no longer needing medical care within three months. The question is whether spinal manipulation, or any treatment, provides significant benefit given the benign natural history of low back pain.
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American Family Physician
Manual manipulation of the spine has been used by clinicians for thousands of years and continues to be a commonly used technique. The goal of manipulation is to restore maximal, pain-free movement of the musculoskeletal system in postural balance. The current evidence, which has been incorporated into clinical practice guidelines by allopathic and osteopathic organizations, shows that manual manipulation is an effective option for treatment of low back pain.
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