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The Musculoskeletal System Never Acts As An Isolated System

The Musculoskeletal System Never Acts As An Isolated System

I remember hearing a cardiologist once say that the cardiovascular system has nothing to do with the musculoskeletal system. I have also heard as much from other specialties during my medical training. This idea of separating systems has become so

Daniel Lopez, D.O. July 29, 2014July 18, 2017 Health, Osteopathy No Comments Read more

How To Assess The Impact Of A Tongue Tie On Patients: Osteopathic Considerations

How To Assess The Impact Of A Tongue Tie On Patients: Osteopathic Considerations

Why The Tongue Is So Important   The tongue is the only muscle, or really group of muscles, in the body that has one freely moveable end. Not only is it attached to most fascial planes directly or indirectly, but

Daniel Lopez, D.O. July 24, 2014July 18, 2017 Health, Osteopathic Techniques, Osteopathy 10 Comments Read more

Adult Frenectomy For Pain Relief: Osteopathic Considerations

Adult Frenectomy For Pain Relief: Osteopathic Considerations

Why I Opted To Do The Frenectomy   I decided to consider a frenectomy for a tongue tie (ankyloglossia) after doing it for my daughter, Viviana, when she was 2 months old. Seeing how the shape of her face immediately

Daniel Lopez, D.O. June 20, 2014July 18, 2017 Health, Medicine, Osteopathy 35 Comments Read more

The Rule of the Artery: Osteopathic Reflection

The Rule of the Artery: Osteopathic Reflection

The rule of the artery is supreme.” Andrew Taylor Still, D.O.   This quote is often mistaken as being the primary principle that osteopathy is based on. Dr. Still, the founder of osteopathy wrote about the importance of other structures

Daniel Lopez, D.O. June 12, 2014July 18, 2017 Osteopathy 1 Comment Read more

Questions About Health? Start With Nature For The Answer

Questions About Health? Start With Nature For The Answer

These days there is so much conflicting information about health. There are so many different diets, exercise programs, medications, supplements, and more. It can become overwhelming even if you are an expert on health. Since its beginning, osteopathy has looked

Daniel Lopez, D.O. May 10, 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

Trapezius Knot? Check The AC Joint For A Solution

Trapezius Knot? Check The AC Joint For A Solution

A “knotted” spasm in trapezius muscles is a common pain complaint. You can tell if you have one simply by squeezing the fleshy area between your neck and your shoulder. If this area is sensitive, tight, and painful, then you

Daniel Lopez, D.O. January 28, 2014July 18, 2017 Health, Osteopathic Techniques, Osteopathy 164 Comments Read more

How Your Shoes And Orthotics Are Weakening Your Arches

How Your Shoes And Orthotics Are Weakening Your Arches

If you are like most people, you probably have weak feet and ankles, but you do not know it. This occurs for two reasons. This post will cover only one of the reasons and the other will be explained in

Daniel Lopez, D.O. December 18, 2013July 20, 2017 Gait, Health, Osteopathy 2 Comments Read more

The Interrelationship Of Structure And Function: A Progression Through The First Osteopathic Principle

The Interrelationship Of Structure And Function: A Progression Through The First Osteopathic Principle

When one first glances at osteopathic principles, there may not seem to be much depth to them. Philosophically there is nothing special about the principles. Actually many who are not osteopathic practitioners agree with osteopathic principles. What separates an osteopathic

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