How to Find a Doctor of Osteopathy

Osteopathic physicians, or D.O.s as you may see them listed, are doctors with special medical training. Like other M.D.s they receive the traditional four-year medical training, but then receive additional education focusing on the musculo-skeletal system and how to perform what is known as osteopathic manipulation treatment (OMT). OMT is an age-old treatment using gentle manipulation of the patient's body, which in many cases can allow for healing to take place within the body without the use of drugs and surgery. The Osteopathic Philosophy states that the "body has an inherent ability to heal itself" and it's this philosophy that osteopathic doctors heed as they help to remove barriers to healing and support the patient's body in healing itself.

Instructions

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  Use your local phonebook to begin with. Look up physicians in the yellow pages. Often there will be a special section for osteopathic physicians listed and you will be directed to the correct page number in the yellow pages.

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  Call 4-1-1 for directory assistance. Ask the operator for the listing of all osteopathic doctors in your area and the surrounding areas.

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  Call your local hospital or doctors clinic. Ask if there are any osteopathic doctors in your city or town.

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  Contact the American Osteopathic Association to help locate an osteopathic physician in your area. See Resources below for the website information.

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  Contact the American Medical Association for help locating an osteopathic doctor in your area. See Resources below for the website.

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  Contact your state's osteopathic medical association to help locate a doctor in your city or town. See Resource below to find out how to find your state's osteopathic medical association group.