Trios Health | HealthBridge | May 2018

Health Bridge May 2018 facebook.com/TriosHealth trioshealth.org It doesn’t involve drugs or surgery. And there’s no hospital stay. To the untrained eye, it looks a little like massage or physical therapy. But osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) is a unique treatment. It’s an option offered by many doctors of osteopathic medicine (DOs). And it may have you feeling better again if you’re living a life limited by pain. Moving muscles and joints OMT is literally hands-on therapy. For OMT, specially trained doctors use their hands to diagnose, treat and prevent diseases, and painful problems. One such physician is Alwin Borgmann, DO, a family medicine resident at Trios Health. “To many people, OMT might seem similar to massage therapy, physical therapy, or chiropractic care,” Dr. Borgmann said. “And that makes sense. But OMT is not Hands-on Healing OMT offers a drug-free approach to relieving pain Need Care Right Away? Visit trioshealth.org/Access for up-to-date information about immediate care options and wait times.