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Ethan Allen, DO, t 95 years old, he’s earned a rest. But that will have
helped save the A to wait. He’s too busy serving the community and
osteopathic passing his knowledge and expertise on to the next
profession in generation of osteopathic physicians.
California. Case in point: a recent Saturday morning in the WesternU
College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific’s OMM
He helped found (Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine) lab, where Dr. Allen
what is now was demonstrating to 16 first- and second-year COMP
Western University students high-velocity, low-amplitude (HVLA) technique.
of Health Sciences. “One of the most common complaints that happens to a
patient is they lean over to pick up something off the floor
He retired from and they get an acute sprain of their lower back. And a DO
practice in 2017 (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine) can straighten that out
after 63 years. with one or two treatments,” Allen said. “If they go to the
emergency room, I’m sure they don’t get out of the office for
less than $3,000 or $4,000 because they will be X-rayed and
given all kinds of tests to try and prove what’s wrong. It’s just
a simple thing. They’ve got an acute lumbosacral sprain. If
they come to you or me, we can correct it and they will walk
out without pain, or at least much less pain.”
Allen breaks down his Saturday workshops into four sessions
– the lumbar, cervical and thoracic regions, and the
extremities. Four workshops per semester, eight per year for
more than 30 years. HVLA utilizes a quick, short thrust that
often results in a popping noise, which students sometimes
find daunting.
“There is a little more energy needed and skill by the
operator to not strain the patient,” Allen said. “You have to
do it the right way. But it’s easy to learn.”
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helped save the A to wait. He’s too busy serving the community and
osteopathic passing his knowledge and expertise on to the next
profession in generation of osteopathic physicians.
California. Case in point: a recent Saturday morning in the WesternU
College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific’s OMM
He helped found (Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine) lab, where Dr. Allen
what is now was demonstrating to 16 first- and second-year COMP
Western University students high-velocity, low-amplitude (HVLA) technique.
of Health Sciences. “One of the most common complaints that happens to a
patient is they lean over to pick up something off the floor
He retired from and they get an acute sprain of their lower back. And a DO
practice in 2017 (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine) can straighten that out
after 63 years. with one or two treatments,” Allen said. “If they go to the
emergency room, I’m sure they don’t get out of the office for
less than $3,000 or $4,000 because they will be X-rayed and
given all kinds of tests to try and prove what’s wrong. It’s just
a simple thing. They’ve got an acute lumbosacral sprain. If
they come to you or me, we can correct it and they will walk
out without pain, or at least much less pain.”
Allen breaks down his Saturday workshops into four sessions
– the lumbar, cervical and thoracic regions, and the
extremities. Four workshops per semester, eight per year for
more than 30 years. HVLA utilizes a quick, short thrust that
often results in a popping noise, which students sometimes
find daunting.
“There is a little more energy needed and skill by the
operator to not strain the patient,” Allen said. “You have to
do it the right way. But it’s easy to learn.”
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