Has anyone be to an Osteopathic Doctor?
What are the positives and negatives? How are they different from regular physicians? Are they similar to or contained by the same "vein" as Chiropractors?
Answer:
First, they are not similar to chiropractors except knowing a lot give or take a few spinal issues.
Their training involves a lot of treatment around the spine but the osteopathic schools of drug also train the students about adjectives types of diseases, the same as other medical school. Also, the osteopath (D.O.) has to stir through a residency (three years) the same as M.D.'s. They do not own to do a residency, but MUST do an internship of one year in decree to be eligible to practice medicine. That also applies to M.D.'s D.O.'s and M.D.'s also enjoy to take State Board examinations. Many residency programs presently welcome D.O.'s to their program. They are wonderful doctors. Probably not the really hoary ones but the younger ones who have have the same training after graduate from med school. We have several D.O.'s in our relations practice residency program (three years). Family practice is only one specialty they enter. They can also become surgeons or dermatologists, or radiologists, or internal medication specialists.
Chiropractors are good for what they do, but not related to impossible to tell apart training as an osteopathic doctor.
Yes, I have see a D.O. and I have also see a chiropractor for different reasons. A D.O. is immediately considered on the same even as an M.D., just different medical school.
Hope this helps you.
Yes.
I be born in an osteopathic hospital and go to them as a child. My parents continue to be treated by DOs adjectives their lives.
I have be in the medical profession for almost 30 years. There are biddable and bad drs. , MDs and DOs alike. I really do not see much difference.
Doctors of Osteopathy enjoy the same amount of training as Medical Doctors, but look at it differently: MD's specialize within heart (cardiology), kidneys (nephrology), lungs (pulmonology) etc. DO's don't specialize as much (except for OB/Gyn or ENT) but look at the body as a group of systems that work together. They also know chiropractic apparently, because some of them do manipulations like a chiropractor.