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The most common conditions treated by osteopaths are neck and back pain. However, osteopathy is a very effective treatment for stiffness, aches, pains and dysfunction in other parts of the body.
1 This training provides the doctor of osteopathic medicine with a better understanding of the ways that an injury or illness in one part of your body can affect another. 2  Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) is incorporated in the training and practice of doctors of osteopathic medicine.