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Jackson Hole Osteopathy

820 W. Broadway, Suite A | Jackson, WY | 307-259-9973

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People sometimes confuse Paul Langevin for a chiropractor or massage therapist. He is neither.

His Jackson Hole Osteopathy practice focuses on Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine — manual techniques to establish more normal movement for people suffering from musculoskeletal pain. This can include back and neck pain, arthritis and degenerative issues, tendonitis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, headaches, arthritis, sports injuries, TMJ and other acute and chronic health issues. OMM also is good for ear, nose and throat conditions such as ear and sinus infections, vertigo, tinnitus and eustachian tube dysfunction. It can help newborns with colic, reflux and ear infections. Langevin also treats people suffering from concussions, traumatic brain injury and carpel tunnel syndrome.

“I’m a physician who does manual medicine. Basically, that is removing restrictions in the body to allow it to heal itself and function like it should,” Langevin said. “It does not replace modern medicine, it augments it.

Jackson Hole Osteopathy opened last November. The clinic treats people from birth to old age, helping people regain strength and lessen pain.

Langevin worked in multiple emergency depart- ments in eastern Wyoming and recently retired from the U.S. Navy. His clinic works with patients from the valley area. In addition to his Jackson office, he also works out of Afton.

He starts with a full evaluation of a patient’s body “from their feet to their head,” he said. “I palpate and move every joint and make sure everything is moving appropriately. I mainly work on soft tissue called fascia.”

If a patient complains of knee pain, Langevin will look at the body as whole, correcting any restrictions that are contributing to the pain and dysfunction of the knee. “The treatments are very lasting,” he said. “It’s not something that has to be done constantly.” This type of medicine is what osteopaths originally practiced when it was established in the late 1800s.

Much of health care is now focused on prescribing medication, Langevin said. But osteopathic manipulative medicine is part of modern medical school training. It’s especially good for athletes, he said, and Jackson has plenty of those.

Patients typically are people who have already seen their regular doctor, a specialist or even a surgeon and need a different perspective to achieve their health and lifestyle goals, he said.

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