Do all DOs utilize Osteopathic Manipulation?
Unfortunately, most DOs do not utilize OMT in their practices. In many ways Osteopathic Manipulation is a dying healing art in America. Surveys have shown that only 3-5 % of DOs use OMT on a regular basis in the United States. Most DOs practice identically to MDs and you cannot tell the difference between them. There is a strong, yet small, group of about 1000 American DOs who specialize in Osteopathic Medicine and utilize OMT on all or most of their patients. As of 2009 there were over 60,000 DOs in the United States but only a very small fraction offer Osteopathic Manipulation in their offices.
