Osteopathic Manipulation

An Osteopath is a fully licensed physician who can use Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy (OTM) as one of the modalities of therapy to treat musculoskeletal disorders. Our own Dr. Frank Hubbell, DO is an Osteopathic Physician.

OMT is a hands-on approach to musculoskeletal problems.

OMT is used to help correct structural imbalances in your body, improve circulation, and relieve pain.

Frank Hubbell

Dr. Frank Hubbell, DO

Frank is a third-generation Conway native who practices in the urgent care center when he is not directing SOLO, the largest wilderness and pre-hospital emergency care educational program in the world. After founding SOLO in 1974, Dr. Hubbell attended osteopathic school at the University of New England and interned in Portland, Maine before returning to our community. At SRMG, Dr. Hubbell provides Walk-In care and osteopathic manipulation in our Spine Center. He also works to develop health care in several African countries.

The Four principles of Osteopathic Medicine are:

  1. The body is a unit, the person is a unite of body, mind and spirit.
  2. The body is capable of self-regulation, self-healing and health maintenance.
  3. Structure and function are reciprocally interrelated.
  4. Rational treatment is based upon an understanding of the basic principles or body unity, self-regulation, and the interrelationship of structure and function.