Osteopathy & Osteopathic Medicine

Series Summary

It's important to know at least a little about Osteopathic Medicine before going in for an appointment with a D.O. Do you know what to expect? Would you like to know what to expect in your appointment with a Doctor of Osteopathy? If you want to know more about Osteopathy for an upcoming treatment, or are just curious about Osteopathic Medicine, our expert Dr. Simcha Shapiro, D.O. can teach you about Osteopathy and the techniques Doctors of Osteopathy use to treat illnesses of the body.

In this free video series, learn about Osteopathic Medicine and Osteopathic treatments of the body from Dr. Simcha Shapiro, D.O. Dr. Shapiro will demonstrate Osteopathic treatments such as High Velocity Low Amplitude (HVLA) back adjustment, muscle energy therapy, and strain counter strain therapy, in order to teach you what Osteopathy is all about. Learn also about facilitated positional release, and Cranial Osteopathy techniques.

Video Transcript

"Hi, this is Dr. Simcha Shapiro for expert village. We're here today talking about osteopathy. As you might guess, I am an osteopath and we're sitting here in the Listeninghans in Jerusalem, Israel. The first question that you might have is what is osteopathy? Osteopathy is a system of conventional medicine with a holistic perspective that takes into account a specialization on the body, the muscular skeletal system. What in the world does any of that mean? It means that osteopaths in the United States are fully trained physicians, same training as an M.D., but we have D.O., doctor of osteopathy after our name, in order to show that we have this special training. In addition to all of the regular training of medical school, we get hands on osteopathic training on how to treat the body, the system of muscles, bones, and nerves in order to help things function more efficiently and more effectively. You will see osteopaths who go into every aspect of medicine, into everything from family medicine to surgery and you will see osteopaths practicing all over the United States and really all over the world. Now, there are some differences in osteopaths who are trained in other parts of the world that are important to know. All osteopaths outside, who are trained outside of the United States, are trained only in the hands on treatments and not in the full spectrum of medicine."