Osteopathic Manipulative Techniques in Collegiate Dancers

Dancers will then individually be screened for somatic dysfunctions (SD) by a physician and VCOM OMS-III student doctor under their direct supervision. OMS-III student investigators will receive training and be assessed on their abilities before performing OMT on subjects. This will take place at the dancers' place of practice in a private area equipped with an OMM table. The areas to be screened include the lumbar spine, hips, knees, ankles, and feet. All diagnoses in these areas will be documented with specific notation for the area of greatest restriction on paper. After making a diagnosis or multiple diagnoses, the dancer will be treated utilizing OMT for 15 minutes starting with the area of greatest restriction in the lower body by the OMS-III student doctor under direct supervision of a physician, should an adverse event take place. The type of treatment(s) used will be at the discretion of the supervising physician and the VCOM student doctor. They may use any OMT technique, exc