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What Happens When Your Back Goes Out?

What Happens When Your Back Goes Out?

Imagine you are about to pick up something really heavy. You take a deep breath in and hold it, bend down, grasp the object, and bare down. You grunt as you try to lift the object. Suddenly you feel this

Daniel Lopez, D.O. March 11, 2014July 18, 2017 Health, Medicine, Osteopathy No Comments Read more

What If We Are Approaching Pain All Wrong?

What If We Are Approaching Pain All Wrong?

Imagine you are driving down the street and the “check engine” light comes on in your car. You stop your car, get a piece of masking tape, and cover up the “check engine” light. Now that you cannot see the

Daniel Lopez, D.O. February 26, 2014July 18, 2017 Health, Medicine, Osteopathy 2 Comments Read more

3 Assumptions Doctors Make About Health

3 Assumptions Doctors Make About Health

According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the word health is defined as, “the condition of being sound in body, mind, or spirit; especially :  freedom from physical disease or pain.” In short, this is saying that health is simply the “absence of disease or

Daniel Lopez, D.O. February 11, 2014July 18, 2017 Health, Osteopathy No Comments Read more

What Doctors Can Learn From Cesar Millan

What Doctors Can Learn From Cesar Millan

  Cesar Millan (a.k.a. The Dog Whisperer) is a person that I greatly admire and utterly respect for what he has accomplished and the value he has added not just to my life, but the life of many. The principles

Daniel Lopez, D.O. December 15, 2013July 20, 2017 Medicine, Osteopathy No Comments Read more

Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Vs Prescription Medications: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You

Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Vs Prescription Medications: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You

I recently requested to volunteer as a physician at a race. I was told that I could volunteer as a physician but that I could not provide osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) because the tents were not equipped for ‘major manipulations’

Daniel Lopez, D.O. December 14, 2013July 20, 2017 Health, Medicine, Osteopathy 1 Comment Read more

Why The Traditional Birthing Position Is Not Ideal For A Healthy Delivery

Why The Traditional Birthing Position Is Not Ideal For A Healthy Delivery

Just because this is a standard practice does not mean it is the best for you and your baby The traditional birthing position, known as the lithotomy position, is not an ideal position for a woman to deliver a baby.

Daniel Lopez, D.O. December 14, 2013February 6, 2014 Medicine, Osteopathy 1 Comment Read more

The Five Components of the Primary Respiratory Mechanism (Cranial Concept)

The Five Components of the Primary Respiratory Mechanism (Cranial Concept)

In 1929, William Garner Sutherland, D.O. presented the idea of Osteopathy in the Cranial Field (OCF) also referred to as cranial osteopathy. ‘Craniosacral therapy’ is not the same as OCF and that will be discussed in other articles. OCF has

Daniel Lopez, D.O. December 14, 2013December 29, 2013 Osteopathic Techniques, Osteopathy No Comments Read more

Osteopathic Considerations: What Pain Is Telling You

Osteopathic Considerations: What Pain Is Telling You

Tips For Osteopathic Physicians: Understanding how to interpret the information the body communicates can be the difference between helping a patient get pain relief or leaving them in pain. In this day and age, pain is poorly understood and pain

Daniel Lopez, D.O. December 14, 2013December 29, 2013 Osteopathic Techniques, Osteopathy 2 Comments Read more

What My Mentor Taught Me About Osteopathy

What My Mentor Taught Me About Osteopathy

Always question, always challenge “Do you see how this patient’s tibias are bowed out?” asked the doctor.“Yes,” I replied as I ran my fingers along the patient’s shin bones. I was not really sure of what it was I should

Daniel Lopez, D.O. December 14, 2013December 27, 2013 Osteopathy 2 Comments Read more

Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine And Women’s Health

Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine And Women’s Health

One of my favorite stories about what Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) can do is the story of a mother of three who had been dealing with urinary frequency problems. This had been an issue for about 10 years and her

Daniel Lopez, D.O. December 13, 2013December 27, 2013 Medicine, Osteopathy 2 Comments Read more

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Queens Phone: (347) 960-9439
Email: mvent@osteopathyny.com

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68-29 Fleet St, Queens, New York 11375 (347) 960-9439

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