Santiago Lorenzo, Ph.D., MS, MSMedEd, Associate Professor of Physiology and Director of Problem-Based Learning at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM Bradenton) recently received the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) 2024 Journal of Osteopathic Medicine Innovations Research Award. The honor highlights an article documenting outcomes research related to a new concept in patient management and medical education delivery.
The Award was presented by AOA President, Teresa A. Hubka, D.O. during a ceremony at the OMED24 Conference in San Antonio, Texas on September 20, 2024.
The piece entitled, Effect of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment and Bio-Electro-Magnetic Energy Regulation (BEMER) Therapy on Generalized Musculoskeletal Neck Pain in Adults investigates both the individual and combined effects of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) and BEMER Therapy on patients suffering from neck pain. The study showed that each group experienced a decrease in pain, and the BEMER-specific study group achieved the most substantial improvements, both physically and mentally.
When Andrew Taylor Still, DO, established the osteopathic medical philosophy more than a century ago, he established that the human body as a unit has the ability to heal itself and that physicians should treat the patient as a whole rather than merely treat the symptoms of disease or malady.
With that profound philosophy in mind, Dr. Lorenzo’s study to discover a more holistic, non-pharmaceutical approach to treat neck pain falls squarely into the realm of discovery so soundly established by the Father of Osteopathic Medicine.
LECOM takes great pride in supporting the keenly probative examinations undertaken by its faculty and scholars as they blaze a new trail in the advancement of osteopathic medicine.