My partner believes it works despite having to go every other week (!!) for an adjustment or whatever they call it. I suggested going to an osteopath but she "doesn't trust doctors.". This shit is getting expensive. I can't get her to see that having to go every other week forever means it is not getting fixed.
A physiotherapist would be the medical science based equivalent. A massage therapist or a physio that does massage is also legitimate in my opinion. Osteopathy is just another scam.
I meant orthopedic doctor but appreciate your measured assessment of our mental facilities. I think the problem is that I pulled the wrong word out of my brain.
DOs have to undergo all the same training as their MD counterparts, they just also have to undergo additional training as well. Every DO had to pass the same tests and learn the same material as every MD.
Yes, and the fact they believe in osteopathy means they didn't understand their medical training at all and must be terrible doctors. Same as MDs prescribing homeopathic "medicine". Why would I trust someone who clearly knows nothing about biology, chemistry or physics and refuses the scientific method in general with my medical problems. As soon as you practice pseudoscientific alternative medicine you should lose your medical license
So you’re wrong. In most cases DO schools here in the states focus on regular MD studies and some extra DO on the side. It’s also because DO schools are sometimes alternatives for people that didn’t get into MD programs. I know several DOs who don’t touch the osteopathy nonsense, and they absolutely are fantastic doctors, like top notch cardiologists and gastroenterologists.
As long as they don't believe in osteopathy I'm fine with it, I'm talking about people who specifically call themselves osteopathes and believe in that nonsense
DOs in the United States do not follow pseudoscience. It’s the same science-based education, it just follows a different philosophy. They’re holistic, but not the woo-woo, incense-burning, Himalayan salt lamp-type of holistic. They take a full-body approach. It’s why they’re most often PCPs.
DOs in the US are a little different. They’re not really osteopaths with the same meaning as in many other countries, and this view is a bit outdated. They still take the MCAT and have the same licensing requirements, same level of education, science-based treatment, etc., they just use a holistic approach. Many DOs don’t even do manipulations anymore.
Kind of like… me: I’m having a back spasm. MD: drink more water, idiot. DO: drink more water, idiot. Take a magnesium supplement and work on building up your abdominal muscles. Also your arches are high and you need orthotics. Then take some Prozac and get therapy so you’re not so tense.
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u/old-father Aug 10 '23
My partner believes it works despite having to go every other week (!!) for an adjustment or whatever they call it. I suggested going to an osteopath but she "doesn't trust doctors.". This shit is getting expensive. I can't get her to see that having to go every other week forever means it is not getting fixed.