Principles of Osteopathic Medicine (Exam 1) Flashcards
When and where was AT Still born
8/6/1828 in Lee County Virginia
When did AT Still leave Virginia and head to Missouri
1837 at 9 years old
What was AT Still’s fathers occupation
Medical doctor, Methodist circuit rider, Farmer
How did AT’s frontier life affect his career choice
started skinning squirrels and animals which exposed him to anatomy and led him to become a doctor
When is it believed AT Still discovered osteopathy and how?
1838
Had a headache and took a nap on a rope swing and discovered it relieved his headache
When did AT Still start training as a physician
1849
When was AT Still married
1849–first wife (died in 59)
1860 2nd wife
What is AT Still’s military background
major in military, civil war combat surgeon
What significant event occurred in AT’s life in February 1864
three of his children died of meningitis
When did AT’s father Abram die
1867
As a result of his father and children dying, what did AT Still do
decided to search for the right means in medicine
What occurred in 1874
broke away from allopathic medicine
What happened in 1892
Opened american school of osteopathy
What happened in 1893
Daniel palmer as a patient, Davenport, developed chiropractic
What occurred in 1897
chiropractic school opened
When did AT Still die
1917
What occurred between 19-18
swing flu epidemic
What occurred in 1961-1962
Change from DO to MD
When was the first state supported osteopathic medical school. Where
1969 in Michigan
Define osteopathy
Scientific knowledge of anatomy and physiology in the hands of a person of intelligence and skill, who can apply that knowledge to the use of man when sick or wounded by strains, shocks, falls, or mechanical derangement or injury of any kind to the body
What are the osteopathic princples
- The body is a unit–mind, body, spirit
- structure and function are interrelated
- the body possesses self-regulatory mechanisms
- the body has the inherent capacity to defend and repair itself
- Abnormal pressure in one part of the body produces abnormal pressures and strains upon other parts of the body
- When normal adaptability is disrupted, or when environmental changes overcome the body’s capacity for self-maintance, disease may ensue
What movement within the body is essential to the maintenance of health
movements of body fluid
What is the most important system connecting and integrating the viscera and musculoskeletal system
nervous system
Define somatic dysfunction (WORD FOR WORD!!)
In is an impaired or altered function of related components of the somatic (body framework) system: skeletal, arthrodial, and myofascial structures, and related vascular, lymphatic and neural elements
What are the signs of somatic dysfunction
TART changes
What is TART
Tissue texture changes
Asymmetry
Restricted ROM
Tenderness
What are the goals of OMT
relief of pain and reduction of other symptoms
Improve function
Increased functional movement
Improved blood supply and nutrition to the affected areas
Sufficient return flow of fluids via the lymphatic and venous systems
Removal of impediments to normal nerve transmission
