re: What is osteopathic medicine?

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Not entirely true. Acceptance to schools like PCOM in Philly is highly competitive. Many people that go there chose it over MD schools. To assume that everyone in a DO school is a med school reject is pretty ignorant.

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Choosing DO over an MD school immediately limits your options, so no, it's not an ignorant opinion. Many allopathic competsfivd residencies are going to ignore all osteopathic grad applications.

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Same thing goes for DDS vs DMD only see a DDS

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You are a dangerously stupid individual

Osteopaths were like Chiropractors many years ago. Both manipulated the spine to reduce dis-ease and promote health. Osteopathic doctors manipulated the spine to enhance blood flow, as a properly functioning circulatory system was optimal for health. Chiropractic Doctors manipulate the spine, as a properly functioning nervous system is optimal for health.

The medical association came along and asked both Osteopaths and Chiropractors to merge with medicine. Dr Still's (the father of osteopathy) schools of osteopathy took medicine up on the offer and became doctors of osteopathic medicine under the umbrella of medicine. Chiropractors declined and remained autonomous.

Osteopaths no longer manipulate the spine (or very few do), they write prescriptions and function like general medical doctors.

I've only met one in my decades of practice. We were looking for part-time coverage of our practice and an osteopath applied. He was nice enough, but he kept asking how many people in our Family Practice had wrist problems. He went on and on about how he could help people with wrist problems. I asked him how much experience he had treating diabetes and cardiovascular conditions in an outpatient setting. He had difficulty quoting me the normal laboratory levels considered controlled. Of course we didn't hire him, but I gave him the number of an orthopedic clinic I'd often referred to, as they may need someone skilled in wrist injuries.