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Allison Bardowell, DO, CAQSM, C-NMM/OMM
My clinical focus as a Sports and Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine physician is to find and treat the true etiology of the presenting complaint by normalizing motion and function at these sites when applicable. Trauma, whether through blunt force, mechanical overuse, or emotional internalizing, is a defining experience that can be maintained within the body through biomechanical compensation in the structure and surrounding tissue; it creates proprioceptive, myofascial, and membranous strains that can be palpated and treated with osteopathy. I aim to restore health and emphasize injury prevention with maintenance through physical therapy and other procedures such as joint injections, trigger point injections, dry needling, perineural injections, prolotherapy, and PRP if necessary. Team Physician: Liberty University, Amherst HS, USA Gymnastics Professional Presentations: USA Gymnastics Injuries at US Olympic Trials 2024: a focus on Achilles Ruptures, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine for Student section of American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine Annual Conference 2025; Osteopathy in Sports Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine Annual Conference 2023; Running Back Running Out of Hope, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Conference 2023; An Osteopathic Approach to Complex Sports Medicine Patients, Florida Academy of Osteopathy Annual Conference 2023; Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: Not Gender Based, Bayfront Health St Petersburg Grand Rounds 2022; Indications for OMM in the care of patients with chronic Pain, American Academy of Family Physicians Conference 2022.
Medical Student Case Report Presentations: Management of Chronic Migraines in an Obese Female with OMT in the Urgent Care Setting: A Case Report, American Academy of Osteopathy Convocation 2025; Management of Chemotherapy and Radiation Induced Tissue Strains in a Breast Cancer Survivor with OMT: A Case Report, American Academy of Osteopathy Convocation 2025; Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment for Postoperative arthritis Following midfoot arthrodesis: A Case Report, American Academy of Osteopathy Convocation 2025 and Virginia Osteopathic Medical Association Annual Meeting 2024; Osteopathic Management of Chronic Pain Following Bilateral Periacetabular Osteotomy for Developmental Hip Dysplasia │American Academy of Osteopathy Convocation 2024.
