Cesar E Jara Silva, Andrew M Joseph, Mohammed Khatib, Jenna Knafo, Monica Karas, Kristina Krupa, Benjamin Rivera, Alexander Macia, Bhargavi Madhu, Mary McMillan, Jason Burtch, Jonathan Quinonez, Trevine Albert, Deepesh Khanna
Headaches have been studied and treated since nearly 7,000 BC because of their significant global impact. Current headache treatment modalities are various and have a wide variety of targets, but medications are the most common. Since conventional medical treatments have several side effects, alternative remedies such as osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) should be considered. OMT can assist in the management of various health conditions, such as low back pain, neck pain, and headaches. The purpose of this scoping review is to evaluate recent findings regarding the efficacy of OMT modalities in the management of headaches such as tension-type headaches (TTH) and migraines...
August 2022: Curēus