What is Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT)?

OMT is a form of manual medicine where highly specialized physicians help to align the muscular and nervous systems with the rest of the body. It is a gentle, hands-on approach that utilizes extensive knowledge of anatomy to help optimize the body’s structure to promote healing and maximize function. OMT is one tool that an osteopathic doctor can use to address the patient’s problems in a more holistic approach with the goal of avoiding/minimizing the use of pharmaceuticals or surgeries. These treatments can be used on most people from birth to end of life.

What can be improved with Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment?

While no type of treatment from acupuncture to medication to surgery can solve every problem, OMT can be helpful for a wide variety of body pains/issues from head to toe. Some more common problems Dr. Hanlon has had success treating include…

-Mid and lower back pain

-Tension headaches, migraines

-Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain

-Neck pain

-Shoulder pain

-Hip/pelvic pain

-Knee pain

-Hand and foot pain

-Patients undergoing Advanced Lightwire Functional (ALF) therapy or conventional braces

-Athletic or performance injuries

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-Plantar fasciitis

-Tennis or golfer’s elbow

Newborns:

-Especially after a difficult or traumatic birth (Dr. Hanlon gives newborns a treatment free of charge when the appointment is scheduled within the newborns first month of life)

-Newborn or child with reflux or constipation

-Recurrent ear infections in newborn or child

-Torticollis in newborn

Pregnancy:

-Musculoskeletal pain related to pregnancy. OMT is a safe and effective treatment to get pain relief during pregnancy without utilizing medications

-Postpartum pain

-Post-surgical pain after c-section