Osteopathic Approach to Treating a Patient with New Onset Low Back Pain Following Injury Reveals Unusual Presentation of Bilateral and Symmetric Symptoms: A Case Report

Authors

Murray R. Berkowitz, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-2016

Abstract

This case suggests the efficacy of Counterstrain techniques in the immediately acute setting. What is unusual in this case is the bilateral and symmetric nature of the patient's tender points and symptoms. There appears to be an absence of this particular discussion within the osteopathic literature regarding this. This may indicate a more medial somatic dysfunction; however, no posterior or spinous process tender points were appreciated in this patient. The case illustrates that further research as to the prevalence of similar presentations of symptoms, and to the efficacy of a purely flexed counterstrain treatment for bilateral symmetric conditions, is warranted.

Publication Title

International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine

Volume

24

First Page

48

Last Page

50

Comments

This article was published in International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine.

The published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2016.11.003.

Copyright © 2016.

Recommended Citation

Berkowitz, Murray R., "Osteopathic Approach to Treating a Patient with New Onset Low Back Pain Following Injury Reveals Unusual Presentation of Bilateral and Symmetric Symptoms: A Case Report" (2016). PCOM Scholarly Works. 1803.
https://digitalcommons.pcom.edu/scholarly_papers/1803