Osteopathic Treatment

Osteopathic Treatment is used to treat musculoskeletal conditions, nervous conditions, and more complex multi-symptom complaints. The physical care that you will receive from Dr. Williams is the biodynamic model of assessment and treatment. It is ideally suited for pregnant women, elderly, and individuals with fragile conditions. The gentleness of this modality belies the power and depth of its potential to restore health to the body.

 

Who can benefit from OMT?
What Conditions can be treated?

  • Auto Accident Injuries: Whiplash, Concussion, Low-back Pain
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Overuse Injuries
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Autoimmune Conditions
  • TMJ
  • Pediatric Conditions
  • Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
  • Sciatica
  • Degerative Disc Disease
  • Migraines
  • Chronic Tension Headaches
  • Scoliosis
  • Sacro-iliac Dysfuntion and More...
 

Children

Children tend to be very responsive to treatment and typically improve more quickly than adults. Some common conditions OMT can treat are:

* GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) – typically very young children and babies
* Scoliosis – Early treatment may avoid years of more restrictive interventions to correct problem later on
* Tension and migraine headaches – common with teens, often experienced concomitantly with orthodontic procedures or as a result of hormonal changes

 

Other common childhood ails that can be
successfully treated:

Asthma, Chronic bronchitis and Chronic sinusitis
Recurrent Pharyngitis and Tonsillitis
Chronic ear infections
Anxiety, depression, ADHD

 

Patients often come to us when they have not achieved success with other modalities. In addition to injury rehabilitation and the alleviation of systemic conditions that result in pain, Dr. Williams is available as a second opinion consult and maintains a small, personal family practice for patients who currently receive osteopathic treatment. Though he does prescribe conventional medications when appropriate, he does place a high value on methods that support the body’s natural ability to heal itself. (i.e., nutritional counseling) and often integrates both classical osteopathic methods and conventional medical methods.

 

Osteopathic Manipulation has been compared to other helpful forms of therapy: physical therapy, craniosacral therapy, acupuncture, chiropractic, massage, neuromuscular therapy etc. Some techniques are indeed similar and overlap the scope of the osteopathic specialty (i.e., strain-counterstrain technique, myofascial release, bio-feedback, reiki, nutritional counseling); however, Classical Osteopathy is practiced by a physician with a complete conventional medical education in addition to years of study beyond medical school, internship, and residency to perfect the art of skilled palpation required to holistically assess the state of health and disease within the body. Please be aware that only a physician (M.D. or D.O.) is licensed to diagnose and treat any medical condition.