Osteopathic manipulative treatment, or OMT, is a form of hands on care. With OMT, osteopathic physicians (doctors of osteopathy) use their hands to diagnose illness and injury, and to encourage your body's natural tendency towards good health. An osteopathic physician will move your muscles and joints using OMT techniques such as stretching, gentle pressure and resistance.

Osteopathic physicians receive extra training in the musculoskeletal system - your body's interconnected system of nerves, muscles and bones that make up two-thirds of your body mass. This training provides osteopathic physicians with a better understanding of the ways that an illness or injury in one part of your body can affect another. By combining all other available medical options with OMT, osteopathic physicians offer their patients the most comprehensive care available in medicine today.