Sara Wagner, DO PLLC

Osteopathic medicine is a holistic approach to health care that treats the entire person, not just the symptoms. Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (DOs) help patients develop healthy attitudes and lifestyles that enable them to fight off illness before it even begins. Osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) is a holistic approach to healthcare in which osteopathic physicians apply osteopathic philosophy and structural diagnosis using osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT). As part of their medical education, osteopathic physicians receive extra training in manipulating the musculoskeletal system—your body’s interconnected system of nerves, muscles, and bones that make up two-thirds of your body mass. This training gives them a better understanding of how an injury or illness in one part of the body can affect another.