Restoration as Motivation

February 2026 | Vol. 70, No. 1
By Swagato Kanjilal, LECOM OMS-III

As a first-generation future physician, I did not get a true understanding of osteopathy until medical school. However, the techniques we learned have been the most practical things I have learned thus far. Recently, I was able to help my mom with the chronic knee pain she has had for years. By readjusting her hips with muscle energy, within a couple of minutes she felt "at least ten years younger.” Such moments of restoration of function are what stand out. They make me motivated to continue on this crazy medical journey and to eventually inspire the next generation regarding osteopathy.