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Originally Posted by Rose76
I looked up this doctor's credentials. He is not a neurosurgeon. He is not an MD. He is an OD (doctor of osteopathy.) I know that some people have put great trust in ODs and have good things to say about them. I tend more toward orthodox mainstream medicine. I'm just not experienced with, or particularly interested in, "alternative" medicine
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. DOs ( not ODs) are not considered alternative medicine ( chiro, accupuncture, homeopath, etc.)
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He said the bones (vertebrae) will go back to normal when I get PT and strengthen my posture. That is just nuts. The shape of my spine is changed (not hideously, but altered) and it will no sooner go back to how it was 10 years ago than my grey hairs will go back to brown.
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I agree you are probably right but it's not to say that it won't help none the less
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When I looked up Principles of Osteopathy, I was kind of amazed at how differently that field looks at things. Like they don't believe that germs are the main cause of infection. They don't believe in vaccination. (I understand that having a poor immune system can be as important as germs in causing someone to come down with infectious disease. And I have always suspected there can be a down side to vaccination.) Still, it sounds to me like Osteopathy is kind of far out there.
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DOs are doctors of osteopathic medicine, but they are one of the medical professions that have changed over time as evidence has changes (unlike Alt. medicine). I know a few osteopaths and they have been educated very similarly to MDs and don't follow the some of the original principles of Osteopathy you listed above. One of them even mandated that I get a flu shot (influenza vaccination) in order to cont. to work.
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I read that the typical DO may have only the equivalent of a BA or MA degree. I thought it was so odd that this guy had trouble pronouncing some of the medical terms I put on my intake sheet. Plus, he didn't know what one of my meds was for. I read that DOs sometimes don't even study pharmacology.
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Not true. From Medline plus ( National institute of health) " Like allopathic physicians (or M.D.s), osteopathic physicians complete 4 years of medical school and can choose to practice in any specialty of medicine. However, osteopathic physicians receive an additional 300 - 500 hours in the study of hands-on manual medicine and the body's musculoskeletal system." There is a reason that DOs can be primary care physicians, surgeons, prescribe meds etc. They have been sufficiently trained and have accepted an evidence based approach to medicine.
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I am interested in anything good anyone can tell me about DOs. I made be over-generalizing based on one encounter.
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For the most part DOs are a lot like MDs with a little different outlook and some people prefer them for that reason. I wouldn't write off all DOs because you may not have liked what he had to say. Some of the best doctors I know are DOs. Here is the medline link.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/e...cle/002020.htm
I hope this helps . I'll try to get back to you with some more info
-Chrain