Sparkle Health Osteopathic Treatments

An osteopathic treatment with Dr. Elisa Mercuro, DO is a dynamic process.  It is a hands-on evaluation and treatment.  In a way, she is communicating with the body.   She use her hands to “diagnose” or find “it”.  The “it” that she is finding is motion or lack thereof in the body tissues.  Those body tissues include of course the musculoskeletal system- the bones, the muscles, the connective tissue and the fascia.  She observes with her hands the motion of the fluids within those vessels as well as the fluids in the spaces outside of cells called the “extracellular” fluid and this also includes the cerebrospinal fluid.  Finally, the organ tissue is another area of her attention.  She is also feeling the sense of how these different areas of the body are functioning as a whole- which is hard to put into words sometimes.  

She then works to “fix it” by restoring normal motion.  This may mean application of technique all the while monitoring the tissues for the unfolding of the therapeutic process in those tissues.  Sometimes it may seem like the treatment is passive, but the slight pressure applied with precision and feeling of the response in the tissue is an active process, a give and take almost like a dance with the end goal of restoring normal motion and function. 

The last part- “leave it alone” is often the hardest part but is the most critical.  As part of osteopathic philosophy is the deep trust in the natural healing mechanism.  The intelligence of the body is far greater and allows for the therapeutic process to happen without our trying to interfere and this is sometimes the most challenging.  The treatment evolves over the next few days and weeks.