About Dr. Smythe

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Osteopathic medicine is a patient-focused approach to health care that takes into account every aspect of the patient, including their physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. Developed more than 130 years ago by Andrew Taylor Still, MD, DO, osteopathic medicine brings a unique philosophy to traditional patient care. Understanding that the body is more than just a sum of its parts, osteopathic physicians (DOs) assist and support the patient’s innate capacity to heal by addressing the interrelationship of the body’s nerves, muscles, bones and organs. Osteopathic physicians are licensed to prescribe medicine and practice in all medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties.

“To find health should be the object of the doctor. Anyone can find disease.” – A.T. Still, M.D., D.O. (founder of Osteopathy)

For any medical condition, osteopathic physicians (DOs) understand that each individual expresses health and disease differently and that the absence of disease does not imply the presence of health. DOs are trained to recognize changes in body structure that can alter function and which may contribute to disease. In addition to general medical education and training, DOs are trained in osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT). OMT is the therapeutic application of manual techniques by an osteopathic physician to address the changes in body structure and improve physiologic function.  OMT techniques range from gentle palpation to higher-pressure and more forceful manipulation and is tailored to each person. For more information please visit: 

• Osteopathic.org
• AcademyofOsteopathy.org