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Osteopathic News Osteopathic care may ease late-pregnancy back pain AOA President Larry A. Wickless, DO, Wickless wrote the “The Last Word” column for the Fall/Winter 2009 issue of TRIAD, the Michigan Osteopathic Association’s magazine. President Wickless’ column provided the AOA’s perspective on the health care reform debate, including our six priority issues we believe necessary to fundamentally reform health care in our nation: Ensuring access to affordable health coverage for all Americans; establishing long-term reforms for physician payment methodologies; increasing the physician workforce and promoting primary care and general surgery; promoting prevention and wellness; creating an equitable health care financing structure; and implementing medical liability reforms.
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Osteopathic Articles The immediate effect of individual manipulation techniques on pulmonary function measures in persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease The use of manipulation has long been advocated in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but few randomized controlled clinical trials have measured the effect of manipulation on pulmonary function. In addition, the effects of individual manipulative techniques on the pulmonary system are poorly understood. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the immediate effects of four osteopathic techniques on pulmonary function measures in persons with COPD relative to a minimal-touch control protocol.Full Text More Articles
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