As people age and live their everyday life, repetitive strain, traumatic injury and compensatory poor posture take a toll on the structure of the body. Many people experience pain, discomfort or fatigue because the structure of their body has been placed under improper mechanical strain. The improper mechanical strain causes the structural parts of their body to either become restricted in their movement when they have taken on too much strain or to become lengthened and loosened when parts of their body have to move more than they were designed to. 

The benefit of a person receiving osteopathic manual treatment is that as their body is brought into alignment, the structures that had been placed under improper mechanical strain are now able to function properly, no longer obstructing nerve, artery, lymphatic and veinous pathways. This will allow; arterial blood flow to build and restore tissue, veinous drainage to carry away wastes and impurities, the lymphatics to provide a proper immune response, and the nerves to facilitate muscular control of the area. When all of these functions can perform as they should, the person’s body can self-regulate and self-heal.