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32209.02 – Osteopathic manual practitioners

Osteopathic manual practitioners assess, treat and manage musculoskeletal and other related disorders of the body's structure.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Osteopathic manual practitioner
  • Osteopathic manual therapist
  • Rolfer

Core competencies

  • Social Perceptiveness to empathize with patients, address their needs effectively and adapt their approach to individual preferences
  • Oral Communication: Active Listening to listen to patients' symptoms and medical histories to adequately explain assessment findings, treatment options and home care recommendations
  • Problem Identification and Inductive Reasoning to accurately assess patients' musculoskeletal and related disorders
  • Finger Dexterity to perform techniques such as joint mobilization, soft tissue manipulation and stretching exercises accurately and safely
  • Attention to Detail to document and update patient files to track treatment and healing progress of musculoskeletal disorders
  • Knowledge in Biology to understand anatomy, physiology, neurology and biomechanics to accurately assess treatment of musculoskeletal dysfunctions

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Assess, treat and manage musculoskeletal and other related disorders of the body's structure by moving, stretching, and massaging a patients' muscles and joints to correct biomechanical dysfunctions.

Additional information

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Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Doctors of osteopathic medicine (31209.04)
  • Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncturists (32200)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

3 – Health occupations

TEER

2 – Occupations usually require a college diploma or apprenticeship training of two or more years; or supervisory occupations

Major group

32 – Technical occupations in health

Sub-major group

322 – Practitioners of natural healing

Minor group

3220 – Practitioners of natural healing

Unit group

32209 – Other practitioners of natural healing

Occupational profile

32209.02 – Osteopathic manual practitioners

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