How to Use osteopathic in a Sentence

osteopathic

adjective
  • The osteopathic training and profession was probably less well-known and less well understood.
    Algernon D'ammassa, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2020
  • John Boyle was an osteopathic doctor who ran a family practice in Mansfield.
    Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025
  • That means there will be two standards in the state, one for medical doctors and another for osteopathic doctors, barring any future changes.
    Azeen Ghorayshi, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Ohio University has an osteopathic medical school, but this will be the first of its kind in Greater Cincinnati.
    Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 10 May 2023
  • An osteopathic doctor, Ward sued to block the subpoena and argues that providing her phone records would compromise patients' privacy.
    Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Although the osteopathic board made an exception for children enrolled in clinical trials, no such studies have been started in Florida.
    Azeen Ghorayshi, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The Board of Medicine and osteopathic board were set to vote on Friday for the same change to the standard of care, opting to include an exception for any clinical research.
    Azeen Ghorayshi, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Both sides are resistant to learning about each other’s methods and practices, with the exception of some progressive osteopathic and naturopathic practitioners.
    Amanda Reiman, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Some osteopathic doctors feel validated by these developments.
    Eleanor Cummins, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Franciscan Alliance is building an osteopathic medical school in Crown Point with the first class of students to begin in 2030.
    Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Nassar’s and Shaw’s lawyers both argued their treatments were forms of osteopathic manual medicine and trigger-point, or pressure-point, therapy, in which pressure is applied to one area of the body to relieve pain in another.
    Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Combined, more than 100 allopathic and osteopathic medical schools have an EDP.
    Kristen Moon, Forbes, 3 June 2021
  • His focus is musculoskeletal medicine and osteopathic manipulative technique.
    Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The claim first appeared early in the pandemic and persisted thanks to Sherri Tenpenny, an osteopathic physician and anti-vaccine advocate based in Cleveland.
    Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 28 May 2021
  • According to Downriver Things, the hospital was the first osteopathic hospital in the Downriver area and opened in 1944.
    Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 11 Feb. 2023
  • There are also three spas administering treatments that run the gamut from pampering (hot-stone massages, facials) to osteopathic (chiropractic and biodynamic craniosacral therapy).
    Liz Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Moise gained his Florida license as an osteopathic physician in 1982 and joined the Florida Bar in 1998.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The law also applies to osteopathic physicians, and the Osteopathic Medical Board of California will handle those cases.
    Corinne Purtillstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Another way to improve chances of being accepted into medical school is to apply to both DO (osteopathic) and MD (allopathic) medical schools.
    Kristen Moon, Forbes, 17 June 2021
  • According to his practice’s Facebook page, Moon practiced osteopathic manual techniques and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders.
    Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 1 Oct. 2020
  • After Nassar left the team, no one disclosed the reason for his departure to Michigan State University, and the school allowed the former doctor to continue to abuse girls and young women as an osteopathic surgeon.
    Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 18 June 2020
  • The difference between cracking your own neck and having an expert—like a licensed chiropractor, physical therapist, or osteopathic physician—doing an adjustment comes down to what the therapist can deduce beforehand, Schwartz says.
    Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Plans for an osteopathic medical school to be built near Franciscan Health Crown Point drew praise when presented for the first time to the Crown Point Plan Commission on Monday.
    Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • The 63-year-old was also said to have lied during the Nassar investigation, which saw dozens of women, some of whom were as young as 12 during the assaults, come forward to accuse the former Michigan State osteopathic physician of rape.
    Jake Dima, Washington Examiner, 25 Feb. 2021
  • That includes those students with rich parents who didn’t borrow at all; of those who did borrow, 73% of dental students, 57% of medical and osteopathic students and 30% of law students borrowed more than the new $50,000 a year limit.
    Fiona Riley, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Eight are connected to health, wellness and nutrition, including osteopathic physicians, alternative-health influencers, and a Tennessee couple who gained a mass following by questioning chemotherapy and other traditional cancer treatments.
    Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Epstein, for example, arranged to pay 10,000 pounds for Reinaldo Avila da Silva, the husband of British politician Peter Mandelson, to attend an osteopathic program.
    Chris Quintana, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Her clinical interests are basic dermatological conditions and procedures, hypertension management, osteopathic manipulative treatments, sports physicals and minor sports injury management.
    Staff Report, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Students who attend Miami Dade College, which has an agreement with the private not-for-profit Larkin, for example, will have a more streamlined process to attend Larkin University’s osteopathic college, similar to its other graduate education programs.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Florida has the second-highest number of osteopathic doctors in the country, with over 12,800 osteopathic doctors, just behind California, according to a 2025 report by the American Osteopathic Association.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026

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