Case report of osteopathic treatment of insomnia and traumatic anhidrosis

Insomnia and traumatic somatic dysfunctions are two very common complaints that present in clinical practice. We present a case of a 28 year old female complaining of chronic unilateral anhidrosis secondary to trauma and subacute insomnia. Somatic dysfunctions were noted and treated with a variety of different osteopathic manipulations in one visit with maintenance osteopathic manipulations at one week, one month, and six months after the initial visit. Both symptoms resolved after the first visit and have yet to return. These results show the efficacy of osteopathic manipulations in two of the more common complaints seen in the office in both the subacute and chronic stages.