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Osteopathy was founded by Andrew Taylor Still, M.D., a frontier doctor in the mid 1800s, after he became disillusioned with the state of medical care when he lost 4 of his children in one year. He underwent years of study of anatomy to help him understand the workings of the human body. He came to see that many diseases could be treated by correcting anatomical deviations that impaired blood flow and nerve function throughout the human system. Once corrected this allowed the body’s inherent healing mechanism to restore normal function. From his extensive study and results in practice he established Osteopathy as a complete medical system and opened the first school in 1892 in Kirksville, Missouri.

Today, osteopathic physicians continue to use their hands to treat their patients in the same tradition. Osteopathic manipulative treatment, or OMT, is hands-on care. It involves using the hands to diagnose, treat, and prevent illness or injury. When combined with appropriate use of present day medical therapeutics, osteopathy offers a profound contribution to medicine.

Using OMT, your osteopathic physician (DO) will move your muscles and joints using techniques including stretching, gentle pressure and resistance. When appropriate, OMT can complement – and even replace – drugs or surgery. In this way, OMT brings an important dimension to standard medical care.

For more information:

https://osteopathic.org/

https://www.academyofosteopathy.org/

https://cranialacademy.org/

The term Myofascial Trigger Point was coined by Dr. Janet Travell in the 1950's. They are tender nodules found in taut bands of muscle that refer pain to both muscle and overlying fascia. Treatment involves the injection of these areas with local anesthetic, typically lidocaine, to provide pain relief. 

For more information:

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/17582-trigger-point-injection

Neural therapy was founded by Drs Ferdinand and Walter Huneke in 1925. It involves the injection of local anesthetics into scars, peripheral nerves, autonomic ganglia (deep grouping of nerves), glands, acupuncture points, trigger points, and other tissues to provide pain relief and reset the autonomic nervous system.

For more information:

https://naant.org/

Prolotherapy began in the 1930's with the work of Dr. Earl Gedney, who self treated his injured thumb with an irritating solution. The term prolotherapy was coined in 1939 by Dr. George Hackett who proposed that injections of proliferating solutions could help strengthen weakened ligaments or tendons, because of the treatment’s ability to stimulate repair and proliferation (growth) of new tissue at joint injury sites. 

For more information:

https://aoaprm.com