OMM midterm Flashcards
Mesomorphic
Muscular/ sturdy build
Ectomorphic
Tall and lean
Endomorphic
Heavy body build
Skin lesions (ABCDE)
A symmetry Border Color Diameter Evolution
4 tenets of osteology
1) person is unit of mind body and spirit
2) body is capable of self regulation, healing and maintenance
3) structure and function are reciprocally interrelated
4) treatment is based upon understanding and implementing the other 3 tenets
Somatic dysfunction is…..
Impaired function of related components of somatic system, skeletal, arthrodial, Myofascial structures and their related vascular, lymphatic and neuronal components.
Sign of Acute somatic dysfunction(4)
Vasodilation/edema
Tenderness
Pain
Tissue contracture
Signs of Chronic dysfunction (5)
Tenderness Itching Fibrosis Paresthesias Tissue contracture
TART
Tissue texture
Asymmetry
Restricted motion
Tenderness
Tender point vs trigger point
Tenderpoint-cause localized pain
Trigger point- causes referred pain
Somatic Dysfunction is named for…….
Their position of ease
Aka….where they like to live/go.
Joseph Lister did….
Aseptic technique in late 18-1900’s
AT Still Father and Mother
Abraham - Methodist minister and doctor
Martha- fairly uneducated
In Missouri 1830s
AT Still Jobs….wife…..war
Learnt ministry and medicine from father
Married twice (Mary Margaret and Mary Turner)
Fights in Civil war 1861-64
Flung the Banner of osteopathy to the breeze
June 22 1874
10 AM
First treatment in Macon Missouri
American School of Osteopathy opens….
Year
Students
1892
17 men 5 women
5 his children
AOA started….
Started in 1897 as AAAO
Changed 1901 to AOA
Kansas City College if Osteopathy and Surgery started in……by…..
1916
Dr AA Kaiser and Dr George Conley
Spanish Flu pandemic stats
Osteopathic doctors less than 1% death rate
MD doctors 10% death rate
Osteopathic residencies started in….
1947
Cline committee evaluation……when?
Suggested to Remove cult label in 1955
Equal education, but poor facilities