Clinical Educators Faculty Development Module (On-Demand)-Incorporation of OMT into Clinical Practice

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The transcript is a practical talk on how to make osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) easier to use in real clinical settings, especially when time, confidence, staff, equipment, and billing are barriers. The speaker emphasizes that clinicians should focus on one to three high-yield techniques rather than trying to “fix everything,” and integrate OMM into routine tasks like patient instruction or discharge discussions.

She reviews helpful ways to build knowledge, including monthly training sessions, national convention workshops, journal clubs, practice on friends and family, videos, apps, and books such as the <em>Five Minute Osteopathic Clinical Consultant</em> and the <em>Pocket Manual of OMT</em>. She also explains documentation and billing basics, including matching diagnoses to regions treated and using the proper CPT and ICD-10 codes.

Several brief, office-friendly techniques are demonstrated or described: rib raising for hospitalized patients, trigeminal stimulation and sinus effleurage for URI/sinus symptoms, eustachian tube drainage and pinna traction for ear pressure, carpal tunnel and opponens maneuvers for wrist/thumb problems, and knee techniques for osteoarthritis and effusion. The overall message is that OMM can be done efficiently, confidently, and appropriately in everyday practice.

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Incorporation of OMT into Clinical Practice Recording

Keywords

osteopathic manipulative treatment

OMT

clinical practice

billing and documentation

OMM techniques

rib raising

sinus effleurage

knee osteoarthritis