American Association of Osteopathic Manual Practitioners

The main work of American Association of Osteopathic Manual Practitioners (AAOMP) involves liaising with states and federal government, all other statutory bodies regarding professional, educational, legislative and regulatory issues as it relates to the osteopathic manual practice profession.  As the first ever association of osteopathic manual practitioners, our role is to increase awareness of osteopathic manual practice and what certified osteopathic manual practitioners (C.O.M.P.) do. We are committed to improving the health and well-being of American people by informing the public and assuring them of competent and ethical osteopathic manual practice care.

American Association of Osteopathic Manual Practitioners is committed to enhance and promote the profession of osteopathic manual practice in the United States of America.

The vision of American Association of Osteopathic Manual Practitioners is to expand the profession of osteopathic manual practice across all states and to ensure American public in every corner of the United States of America have access to safe, competent and ethical osteopathic manual care. 

Osteopathic manual practice (also known as osteopathy, manual osteopathy or European style osteopathy outside the US) is a health profession that offers patient-centred whole body approaches to healthcare for functional improvement and pain relief. OMP recognises the vital link between the structure of the body and the way it functions. Osteopathic manual practitioners (OMPs) focus on how the skeleton, joints, muscles, nerves, circulation, connective tissue and internal organs function as a holistic unit.  Osteopathy in US (also known as osteopathic medicine or American style osteopathy) was founded in 1874 by Dr. Andrew Taylor Still. Currently in the United States osteopathy is a medical system of care, indistinguishable from medicine. There are over 145,000 students and osteopaths (also known as osteopathic physicians) in USA. American Doctors of Osteopathy (DO) are recognized as medical professionals in all states with the same scope of practice as medical doctors (MDs) and