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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.
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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
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