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In the September issue of Journal of Osteopathic Medicine (JOM), you’ll find a lineup of articles across various subspecialty areas and topics, including an evaluation of the effects of long-term opioid therapy on measures of back-specific disability and health-related quality of life in patients with chronic low back pain, an assessment of the knowledge and … Read More
A 49-year-old woman with May-Thurner syndrome and a history of post left common iliac stent placement presented in March 2020 with ongoing pelvic pain. She was diagnosed with pelvic congestion syndrome and gonadal vein insufficiency.
Dear Editor: We would like to comment on “Lymphatic Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Reduces Duration of Deltoid Soreness After Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine,” published in the March 2022 issue of Journal of Osteopathic Medicine.
I appreciate the opportunity to address the concerns raised by Sookaromdee and Wiwanitkit. Considering the millions of individuals receiving COVID-19 vaccines worldwide, I was interested in seeing whether osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) could be utilized to relieve patients of their muscle soreness, and I conducted a search to determine whether something similar had already been … Read More
External auditory canal exostoses (EACE) are bony formations that develop insidiously in the auditory meatus from chronic exposure to cold water and, in severe cases, require surgery. This condition has been understudied in the whitewater kayakers and not yet studied in the riverboarding population. Precautions such as earplugs are thought to prevent the formation of … Read More
Pediatric patients receiving chemotherapy experience unwanted therapy-induced side effects, commonly constipation and pain that diminish quality of life. To date, few studies have investigated the safety and feasibility of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) in pediatric oncology.
Research is lacking regarding osteopathic approaches in treating polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), one of the prevailing endocrine abnormalities in reproductive-aged women. Limited movement of pelvic organs can result in functional and structural deficits, which can be resolved by applying visceral manipulation (VM).
Osteopathic tradition in the cranial field (OCF) stated that the primary respiratory mechanism (PRM) relies on the anatomical links between the occiput and sacrum. Few studies investigated this relationship with inconsistent results. No studies investigated the occiput–sacrum connection from a neurophysiological perspective.
A 62-year-old woman presented to the hospital in July 2021 with a diffuse blistering rash. She had been suffering with limited cutaneous involvement for several years, which significantly worsened over a 2-month period which prompted her hospital admission. Cutaneous examination revealed diffuse tense vesicles and bullae in an annular arrangement on the arms, legs, trunk, … Read More