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Knee Pain and Function: Nonoperative Approaches to Managing Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) – runner’s knee – is a common condition, specifically identified as the most common injury sustained by runners.1 It is best understood as non-specific anterior knee pain resulting from dysfunction in the mechanical forces between the patella and the femur.
Obesity and Pain Care: Multifaceted Considerations for Treatment
The incidence of obesity has risen rapidly during the past several decades, and it has been accompanied by a likewise incidence of the increase in chronic pain and prescription opioid use. Combined, these two destructive epidemics may be contributing to a larger, less discussed public health crisis.
Plantar Fasciitis: Diagnosis and Management
How to apply an osteopathic approach to plantar fasciitis.
Inside Performing Arts Medicine
As Performing Arts Medicine gains attention, specific pain care approaches are needed to prevent and treat related MSK injuries in instrumentalists, dancers, and other artists.
Getting at the Root of Opioid-Induced Constipation (OIC) with an Osteopathic Approach
Addressing potential underlying causes of OIC may remove symptomatic roadblocks.
Osteopathic Treatment Considerations For Head, Neck, and Facial Pain
Manual therapy presents a non-pharmaceutical, non-invasive approach to treatment of head, neck, and facial pain, including headaches, by treating the cause(s) of pain and restoring mobility.
Low Back Pain and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine: A Trend in Pain Management
Learn how osteopathic manipulative treatment can be used for the effective treatment of low back pain.
Efficacy of Acupressure Plus Manipulation for Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Clinical Report
Learn how a combination of acupressure and osteopathic manipulation effectively helps patients with lumbar disc herniation.
Osteopathic Medicine in Pain Management
Osteopathic manipulation is useful as an adjunct to other treatments for acute and chronic pain and plays an important role in algorithms for back pain and other conditions that cause musculoskeletal pain.
Osteopathic Medicine Approach to Pain Management
Article provides an overview of osteopathic principles and practices to help patients manage pain.
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) for Lower Back Pain
Osteopathic manipulative medicine can be a useful tool in the diagnostic and therapeutic management of various mechanical low back disorders.
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