Shoreline

Hey Cowboy, It sounds like martian but osteopaths are basically chiropractors with MD's. They are trained to do the same manipulations as a chiro and Holistic just means to treat the body as a whole rather than simply treating the problem area or masking the symptoms. He's looking at how pain is effecting your entire body, the way it changes the way you walk, which can cause hip or knee problems, Use of opiates causes gastric slowdown and holistic ijust means treating the whole patient. Your problem is more than the sum of your complaints. A wolistic aproach means treating the depression that acompanies chrinic pain, trerating the musclke atrophy from sedentary life style to limit pain. To try to reach maximum health of all body parts and functons rather than simply treating a ruptured disc with a pain med to cover the pain.

It's nothing to be worry about unless he has you out in the deseert looking fopr Payote and wants to bring in an indian charmin to chant over you in a smoke hut. That would be getting extreme, But the way he has treated you so far is a great sign and the idea that You can't simply treat one symptom and not look at what's happening to the person as a whole is a great idea and all docs shopuld consider it. . It actually sounds like you have a pretty good doc that has more to offer than a script pad.
Good luck and if he has you try some weird stuff I'm sure we would all love to hear about it and the outcome. We reach a point where we will try anythng to avoid another surgery or whatever your particular fear is. Dependence on meds, surgery, disability, depression etc.,
Good luck, Dave