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You Can Be Both Conventional and Nonconventional

David S. Abend, DO
Private Practice Emerson, NJ

Arch Fam Med. 1994;3(6):487-488.

Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

The brief report and practice commentary by Schacter et al1 and Kaplan,2 respectively, on nonconventional therapies and family physicians' attitudes deserve a comment and enlightenment.

I am a board-certified osteopathic family physician practicing conventional primary care medicine. However, according to the authors' comments, my use of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) in almost 90% of my practice might brand me as nonconventional. I use this unique manual approach in the outpatient setting adjunctively with pharmacologic, injection, and physical therapies when necessary to help treat a plethora of common problems such as colds, headaches, respiratory ailments, and neck and back pain, to name just a few. Osteopathic soft-tissue techniques are applied to my hospitalized patients as well. My unique manipulative skills were acquired as a part of my osteopathic medical school (The Kirksville [Mo] College of Osteopathic Medicine) and clinical and residency training.

Schacter et al1 and Kaplan2 . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]






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