Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: osteopathic medicine

  • Pain and palpation: reading the body narrative with the osteopathic medical touch

    Aneesa SataurMiami, Florida, United States “An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.”(Definition of Pain, The International Association for the Study of Pain, 2010)1 Pain is a complex sensation that incorporates the mental and the physical. Physicians are trained to ask specific questions…