The Trip Lab
The Trip Lab
Dr. Mary Ella Wood
#17 — The Yoga and Osteopathic Medicine Connection
19 minutes Posted Jan 22, 2024 at 9:00 am.
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What is a DO?
Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment
An Example with Gut Dysfunction
Understanding the OMT Techniques
The Yoga Connection
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Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) is a hands on diagnostic and treatment modality that DOs learn in medical school. You may have seen the DO (rather than MD) after your doctor's name and never really understood what that meant. We dive into the difference between MDs and DOs and talk all about what osteopathic medicine is in this episode. Many OMT treatments actually mirror what a yoga practice can do for you as well. Whether we are talking about the poses (or asanas) creating simult...