Effectiveness of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in Treating Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Literature Review

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common gastrointestinal disorder that affects a patient for their entire life. Effective treatments for IBS are scarce, leading to an increased interest in alternative treatments such as osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT). OMT uses hands-on treatment to redu...

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Published in:Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) CA), 2023-07, Vol.15 (7), p.e42393-e42393
Main Authors: Lotfi, Cheri, Blair, Jesse, Jumrukovska, Angela, Grubb, Mackenzie, Glidden, Emily, Toldi, James
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Clinical trials
Constipation
Gastroenterology
Irritable bowel syndrome
Osteopathic Medicine
Pain
Quality of life
Questionnaires
Search engines
Statistical significance
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Summary:Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common gastrointestinal disorder that affects a patient for their entire life. Effective treatments for IBS are scarce, leading to an increased interest in alternative treatments such as osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT). OMT uses hands-on treatment to reduce pain through various methods. By focusing on visceral techniques, OMT can restore autonomic homeostasis and increase lymphatic flow. This literature review aims to investigate the efficacy of visceral OMT in reducing the severity of IBS symptoms. Five primary research studies were evaluated in this analysis. The concluding results show that visceral OMT effectively reduces the symptoms of IBS and improves patients' quality of life. Therefore, OMT should be considered an alternative therapy for treating IBS.
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.42393