OPP: OPP, OMT, or OMM

Question 1

OPP

Osteopathic principles and practice

Answer 1

refers to the osteopathic philosophy and the course in medical school in which you learn about the principles, practice and philosophy of osteopathic medicine

Question 2

OMT

Osteopathic manipulative treatment

Answer 2

the hands-on diagnosis and treatment utilizing osteopathic evaluation, diagnosis and manipulative treatment methods
-note: it is not therapy

Question 3

OMT method

Answer 3

a group of techniques that apply to a set of distinct unifying principles that guide individualized treatment

Question 4

OMT technique

Answer 4

a specific therapeutic manual procedure, for example Dalrymple pedal pump, galbreath mandibular drainage, pectoral traction, CV-4

Question 5

Osteopathic medicine

Answer 5

practice of incorporating the osteopathic philosophy into the art of medicine

Question 6

OMM

osteopathic manipulative medicine

Answer 6

the practice of incorporating osteopathic medicine AND OMT into the total care of a patient

Question 7

NMM-OMM

neuromusculoskeletal medicine

Answer 7

medical specialty requiring ONMM residency and board certification

Question 8

osteopathic philosophy

Answer 8

a concept of health care supported by expanding scientific knowledge that embraces the concept of the unity of the living organism’s structure (anatomy) and function (physiology). emphasizes the four tenets

Question 9

osteopathic physician

Answer 9

person with full-unlimited medical practice rights who has achieved the nationally recognized academic and professional standards within his or her country to practice diagnosis and treatment based upon the principles of osteopathic philosophy. individual countries establish the national academic and professional standards for osteopathic physicians practicing within their countries. All DOs trained in the USA are osteopathic physicians

Question 10

osteopath

Answer 10

a person trained in osteopathic principles, practices, and philosophy, but is not a physician. these individuals were not trained in the USA and do not have full-unlimited medical practice rights anywhere in the world

Question 11

osteopathic practitioner

Answer 11

refers to an osteopath, an osteopathic physician, or an allopathic physician who has been trained in osteopathic principles, practices, and philosophy