Humility: When one is strong enough to carry others ever expanding ego… From my experience, everyone has a purpose, we are all the same. Doctors in general makes highly educated guesses. And sometimes some tend to become drug pushers, just kidding But once I was allergic to an antibiotics, whole body acupressure twice a week not only healed my lungs, it made me feel so rejuvenated.
I felt like oxygen were all over me; so I felt like I was floating when I walked.? I would want others to feel the same. Putting pressure in pain is the oldest form of healing.
Prevention and natural healing CAN be attained overtime even instantaneously! Hint: 2 points posterior to the base of your neck can lower down blood pressure. Really, who would you rather go to: a D. But seriously though, as the poster above me said, how much does undergraduate matter when comparing 2 doctors? Hell, I was undergoing a lot of family issues and did not do well in my undergrad. I was grateful that a DO school took me in and gave me the chance to become a doctor.
Now tell me how much does undergraduate performance correlate with how good your doctor is, Ms. I find your comments interesting. The truth of the matter is that an incredibly high percentage of doctors graduating from osteopathic programs could not get into highly respected medical schools in order to obtain an MD.
When the ACGME levels out the playing field requiring DOs to take the same tests to become accredited, it will be a much fairer system. I am not saying all DOs are inferior. Either way is a long, expensive road. When you are an MD though, you are competing with people who all did well in their undergraduate work and all test well.
Sorry, it is true. Prove it. No credentials. No authority. Sorry, no one believes you. My neurologist an MD was horrible to determine issues i had with my nerves, i repeated myself over a times and he was nervous as hell because i know my body and prepping for MCAT and other degrees so i knew what i was talking about but yet i left the hospital with no solution but a folder filled with meds. Go become an NP which is a higher education in nursing or doctor of nursing then you can have the gods to talk down on either professions, they are both hard work.
I will be attending a DO school. You have no idea what you are talking about. I assume the author was referring to specialty training. Can you become both an M. If so, how much more schooling does it take and is it possible? You could, but there is absolutely no reason why you would ever do that.
If you want to learn osteopathy, you become a DO. The preclinical training is essentially the same otherwise. To be both an MD and DO it would require 8 years of school in which you basically repeat the same courses. As a prospective patient, I can say that an important factor is whether the doctor is on my insurance plan BCBS. I can say that my insurance plan has almost no DOs. Additionally, the Osteopathic physician in his medical assessment of the patient, never conducted any form of Range of Motion ROM or manual muscle testing?
I usually go to a male doctor but I think I would like to go to a female doctor this time. The one in my area has a DO behind her name. Should I go to her? I hardly ever go to a doctor unless I feel really bad. Thought I should go now since I am on another health plan. Yes, a D. The quality of care that you will receive from an M. Now with the merger of the residencies of both fields, the training of all residencies D.
You can not tell which one is more experienced based off of having a D. Go check out the D. There is a good chance she is better than your old one. One is a doctor, the other is not. One can prescribe medication and perform surgery, the other cannot.
I am a DO in private practice in Maryland. My practice is mainly osteopathic manipulation. I did a residency in Rehabilitation Medicine. I have been doing this for over 25 years. I work 4 short days a week, see 7 patients a day, and am never on call.
I have one part-time secretary and own my office. Minimal expenses. I mention this because I want people to know that you can make a nice living with a very comfortable life as an osteopathic physician regardless of what you do with your degree. You have to know everything involved in both in order to judge which one is best for your patients.
The more knowledge you have the better. That is not at all how the process works. If you were aware of the process it takes to become a board certified physician, you would know that first, you attend a medical school…either MD or DO. Then you attend residency. You cannot choose to become a MD or DO after going through residency. As you say, the more knowledge the better. And what qualifies you to assume that he is not trustworthy?
What have you accomplished in your life? You would trust him more? Please, just with 3 sentences you already showed that you are completely ignorant with the path of medical education…. I am a year old male who just moved to a new town and needed to establish a relationship with a new primary care doctor. My healthcare plan referred me to two doctors, one of whom it develops was not taking new patients, so I now have the other doctor, a D.
My first visit was great; she asked probing questions particularly about medications I have been taking and how long, etc. I wish that I had had this doctor for the past 30 years! I have always taken good care of myself, eating right, exercising, hiking, bicycling, etc. My thought though, is now that I am looking at the last decade or so of life and at some point will be experiencing diseases of some sort—cancer, prostate, etc.
Hi Wayne, It sounds to me like you are in great hands. It also sounds like you take pretty good care of yourself as well. It is just my opinion, but I believe her positive approach and concern for your wellness speaks volumes. She has the paperwork to prove her qualifications and has shown her level of care and concern should something pop-up. I saw a DO recently about a thumb problem and he recommended trapeziectomy tightrope surgery.
He explained the procedure very well, and I have no doubt this is something that must be done. My opinion is that the degree DO or MD is not relevant for a hand surgeon, but rather the individual competence and experience of the surgeon.
Having had hand surgery ganglion cyst , I would choose a surgeon who specializes in hand surgery. My wife had gallbladder removal surgery had her general surgeon is a DO. He was honestly concerned with my good health as well as my illnesses. Instead, we would discuss my issues and he took the time to explain why things were going on. Wonderful, just wonderful — unfortunately, I can not remember his name.
I lost 20 lbs. No matter than I need to lose 50 lbs. I went to my doctor with concerns of cancer, etc. She took blood, nothing jumped out. There are not very many surgical subspecialty residency and fellowship programs run by DOs.
If you feel comfortable with this physician, there is little reason to go elsewhere as he was likely trained by MDs.
The article is misleading as it makes it appear that all DOs go into primary care. Reading some of these ridiculous comments. Why are some people so hateful? Both MD and DO schools are competitive. If you graduate from medical school and pass your exams, you are qualified to practice medicine. There are good doctors and there are bad doctors, just like there are good people and there are bad people. That arrogance is precisely the reason that some applicants are rejected from allopathic schools and osteopathic schools alike.
I have found no great difference between the degrees. Both would be equally competent treating your husband if board certified. The amount of disrespect from some of these people that were involved in medicine worries me. Being a good doctor involves more than doing well on tests. Too much emphasis has been placed on the specific skill of test taking in the selection of physicians.
Doctors who scored better on their MCAT prior to starting medical school have not been found to have better patient outcomes. Yes, a doctor needs to be able to draw on stored information about health and disease but also critical is the ability to hear what the patient is saying and integrate facts with awareness of what will be most helpful to the individual in need of care.
A friend once told me that he had to have an MD of internal medicine in order to get and take Flurazepam, a sleeping pill. My dad had successful outcome quad bypass in by a very experienced, credentialed, respected MD.
Small midwest urban area. Dad suffers from severe PAD, requiring a surgical procedure. He is a nice enough person, but he received a BA, not BS undergrad and I had never heard of the medical school he attended. He did a vascular surgery fellowship.
What is a fellowship? Should I look for an MD for this procedure? Or trust that the retiring MD would hire a qualified DO? So an internal medicine doc can choose to focus on heart, or lung, or kidney for example. A BA simply means that the person took a foreign language in undergrad.. A doctor is a doctor. A fellowship is actually prestigious so someone who has not only gone through residency but a fellowship is actually someone who has been more highly educated.
I have seen both MD and DO. The MD treats the symptom. The DO wants to know why you have that symptom. I have always been told that you needed a good Internist. My husband and I started seeing one.
He was rude, plus was just basically there for the money. We stuck it out for a couple years. He never even check my husbands prostate. We changed to a DO a year ago. I will never see a MD again. Our new doctor is through. He checks out everything. Takes the time to talk to you. I love him. My current primary care doctor is an MD.
I have talked with him recently about adding some food-based supplements to hopefully assist with the arthritis in my back. He would have nothing to do with it and recommended I stick with my current muscle relaxant and pain killers.
I know what I would LIKE to be taking but want someone to talk to to make sure that I am going to harm myself with meds and supplements that may potentially not be safe to take together. Is a DO the right direction or is there another type of Dr I should be looking into? Any help is most welcome.
Thank you in advance. No harm in at least speaking to a DO and getting more information. You may be pleasantly surprised. My husband and I certainly were. It does not matter where your physician trained, it does not matter their degree. The only thing is competency and compassionate care. My wife was hospitalized for 3 months and we saw nearly physicians, some were MDs, some DOs. Most were the most uncompassionate morons with no knowledge base at all. I am not praising D.
But from my experience it does not matter. But for those of you against D. I want to say that two of my M. So in the end does D. Probably because they already graduated from medical school…? I plan to focus on my patients as a whole and their well-being rather than simply getting rid of their disease. Their MCAT scores and grades were too low. Nor would I let a PA treat me. These are made up degrees designed to boost college coffers via tuition by admitting unqualified students.
My gosh are you biased. Rest assured Mike, judging by the way you speak, none of us doctors would even want to place ourselves within 3 miles of creatures like you ;.
Good luck finding that MD who can tolerate you tho. Actual DOs and even MDs on here have corrected the kind of blather you just spewed. While I am not a doctor, I do have a unique point of view. First, I am a retired medical social worker who worked in hospice caring for the dying. Loved the job. After years of working in hospice, where you must treat the whole person, family, etc. To me, those are the hallmarks of a great doctor.
Now, in addition to being a hospice social worker, I sadly also have Cystic Fibrosis, a genetic life limiting illness. Total bummer. I recently changed doctors from a MD to a DO.
Yes, he put me on two short acting regimes! He would see me for all of 5 minutes, and write the scripts. Now he was not mean at all, was nice to me, but did not spend much time with me and it seemed his solution was to always write a prescription.
I decided that I wanted to come down from this dose, and that I needed to see a doctor closer to me, but also one who agreed with my plan to titrate down. I ended up finding a DO who said he could help. At the first visit with him, he said in managing pain, he has no problems writing a prescription when needed, but that he also wanted to try new and different things to help with my pluretic pain.
During the visit we did diaphragm work, as well as some of the techniques listed in the article above. He also talked about diet, supplements which a person with CF lacks due to poor digestion , and other things we can do, in addition to taking pain meds, to care for my pain.
In other words, he said you can have some flakes on both sides, and some real Jems on both sides. That doctors make mistakes too. The amount of ignorance in these posts is astonishing. However, thats our culture and society, ignorant, misinformed, unintelligent. But again, ignorance is bliss. Medicine has become a joke. Suffering is a way of life for these individuals. Naproxen, aspirin, ibuprofen, and all that similar junk neither works and just inflames and damages your liver and stomach.
When you go to see a doctor now there is no MD, rather an OD or a physicians assistant pretending to be a doctor. Of course they go to meetings with attorneys that tell them to prescribe the least risky medications and the paitients go home no better off. The Internet is slowly becoming the source for those who need legitimate care. The drug addicts and drug abusers along with the attorneys will continue to ruin the system that worked for many generations.
The system is a disappointment. Really enjoyed the article. Now looking back it is like a dream. Good doctors come from good people. There are good and bad people with both degrees. Find people you trust, not the the letters. It is easier to judge based on letters… But that is a lazy way to advocate for your heath.
Thanks for the information provided. I am sure it will help some young people to find their paths. From reading all of these comments, it seems to me you can choose whoever is convenient and seems thorough and compassionate. If you want to keep your options open, go to a DO. This comments section is frankly embarrassing for the medical community as a whole, regardless of position, title, or training. This type of hierarchical thinking reinforces siloed care and is a detriment to patient health.
I can only hope we see this change moving forward and that all practitioners start putting their patients above their pride. Would you rather have a board certified DO do plastic surgery on your face, or an uncertified MD?
You would not go to a D. Not to discredit a DO in any way. I am sorry that is just not correct. The same goes for General Surgery or even Orthopedic Surgery. While the numbers are fewer, there are DOs in very competitive specialties like Derm, Neuro, and Cardio.
I am not sure where you found information on insurance not covering DOs because that is just not true. Close X. Back to Living Better Living Better newsletter. Zip Code. Your doctor: The difference between an M. What is a D. What is an M. Physician specialties Many D.
Should you choose a D. Related Stories. Three reasons to see your doctor now. Vaccinations adults need to have. Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine, or DOs, are fully licensed physicians who practice in all areas of medicine. Emphasizing a whole-person approach to treatment and care, DOs are trained to listen and partner with their patients to help them get healthy and stay well.
While primary care remains a strong focus for the osteopathic profession, DOs practice in all medical specialties. By combining this knowledge with the latest advances in medical technology, they offer patients the most comprehensive care available in medicine. There are more than , DOs practicing their distinct philosophy of medicine throughout the U. DOs strive to help you be truly healthy in mind, body and spirit—not just free of symptoms. Osteopathic medicine is a distinct branch of medical practice in the United States.
The osteopathic philosophy of medicine sees an interrelated unity in all systems of the body, with each working with the other to heal in times of illness. Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine, or DOs, are fully licensed physicians who practice in every medical specialty. DOs practice a whole-person approach to medicine, focused on looking beyond your symptoms to understand how lifestyle and environmental factors impact your wellbeing.
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