Trauma and Health - American Academy of Osteopathy

119 Pages·2014·2.87 MB·English

by  Christopher Travis Koke

Trauma and Health:
How to find a balance in your
patients
Travis Koke D.O.
Jordan Keys M.S. D.O.
Trauma??
trau·ma
ˈtroumə,ˈtrô-/
noun
noun: trauma; plural noun: traumata; plural noun: traumas
•1. a deeply distressing or disturbing experience.
• Microtrauma is the general term
given to small injuries to the body.
Tenets of Osteopathy
• The human being is a dynamic unit
of function.
• The body possesses self-regulatory
mechanisms that are self-healing in
nature.
• Structure and function are
interrelated at all levels.
• Rational treatment is based on these
principles.
Objectives
• Introduction to nutrition, nutrients and
therapeutic role.
• Introduction to proper poster and
biomechanics.
• Introduce how the microtrauma of poor
posture/biomechanics and nutrition can
lead to long term disease and
dysfunction.
• “Let food be thy medicine and
medicine be thy food”
» Hippocrates
Nutrition
• Nutrition: The science of how living
organisms obtain and use food to
support all the processes required for
their existence.
• Nutrients: substances in foods required
or used by the body for at least one of
the following: energy, structure or
regulation of chemical reactions. Some
have additional benefits such as
decreasing risk of heart disease and
cancer.
Macro vs. Micronutrients
• Macronutrients:
– Require over one gram a day.
– carbohydrates
– proteins
– lipids
– water
Nutrition
• Micronutrients
– Require micrograms or milligrams a day.
– minerals
– vitamins
• Phytonutrients/zoonutrients
Nutrients
• Essential: must be obtained from diet
because the body cannot make or make
in adequate amounts.
• Non-essential: body can make in
amounts needed to satisfy it’s
physiological requirements.
• Conditionally essential: during times of
higher demand certain non-essential
nutrients can become essential (i.e. older
children and adults only have two
essential lipids whereas babies require
four).