When people speak of manual medicine, a lot of them think of only musculoskeletal problems like neck pain, back pain, knee pain, and other joint pains. There are many other medical applications for OMT, some of which include headaches, sinus infections, ear infections, pneumonia, asthma, reflux, constipation, and even assisting your body to recover after surgery.

DOs and MDs are alike in many ways:

Students entering both DO and MD medical colleges typically have already completed four-year bachelor’s degrees with an emphasis on scientific courses.
Both DOs and MDs complete four years of basic medical education. At the end of this you are technically a doctor.

After medical school, both DOs and MDs obtain graduate medical education through internships, residencies and fellowships. This training lasts three to eight years and prepares DOs and MDs to practice a specialty.

Both DOs and MDs can choose to practice in any specialty of medicine—such as pediatrics, family medicine, psychiatry, surgery or ophthalmology, to name a few.
DOs and MDs must pass comparable examinations to obtain state licenses.
DOs and MDs both practice in accredited and licensed health care facilities.
Together, DOs and MDs enhance the state of health care available in the U.S.

D.O. stands for doctor of osteopathic medicine. DOs are complete physicians, fully trained and licensed to prescribe medicine and to perform surgery, as well as enter any other medical specialty.