OMT

Orthopedic Manual Therapy

The OMT Kaltenborn-Evjenth Concept; Orthopedic manual therapy has roots in ancient medical traditions cited by Hippocrates (B.C. 460-377) in his Corpus Hippocrateum and sources in the years to follow.

The OMT Kaltenborn-Evjenth Concept is physical therapy treatment approach based on knowledge and experience from sports medicine, traditional physical therapy, osteopathy, orthopedic medicine and the further innovations of many manual therapists.

The system began in 1954, as known as “Norwegian System or Nordic System.” In the late 1960’s, Olaf Evjenth and Kaltenborn developed the system as we know is today, the OMT Kaltenborn-Evjenth Concept. The physical therapists in Alpha Rehab Center use manual therapy technique of OMT K-E Concept to evaluate and treat the patients with musculoskeletal disorders.