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Keywords:

case report [736]
labor [53]
women [608]
female [655]
OMT [3925]
osteopathic manipulative treatment [3946]
pregnancy [174]

Abstract:

A 25-year-old primigravid female at 40 weeks and 0 days gestation presented with low back pain and irregular, non-painful, ineffective contractions. Somatic dysfunction was found in the head, cervical, thoracic, sacrum, pelvis, and lower extremity regions. Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) was provided including techniques to address specific articular somatic dysfunctions along with compression of the fourth ventricle (CV4) and sacral rocking. Significant reduction of somatic dysfunction and augmentation of labor was obtained. Fourteen hours after the initial OMT session, a viable male neonate was delivered. Osteopathic obstetrics can be traced to the profession’s founder, Andrew Taylor Still. Osteopathic evaluation and management of the obstetric patient can still play a vital role in the modern medical setting. OMT as an adjunctive therapy in the obstetric patient has the potential to provide relief of somatic pain, help maintain homeostasis, as well as support and augment labor and delivery.