Meet Dr. Francis Yoo
Your New York City Osteopathic Physician
My holistic medical practice focuses on the practice of Osteopathy / Osteopathic Manipulation to help with:
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Chronic neck and low back pain related to accidents, falls, posture issues.
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Symptoms after traumatic brain injury, traumatic head injury, concussion; post-concussion syndrome.
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Emotional, energetic, existential internal disturbances.
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And more.
What is Osteopathy
Also known as Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) or Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT), it is a hands on approach to treating various health concerns and conditions by
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Addressing whole person health: person - body, mind, spirit.
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Working with your innate self-healing mechanism.
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Restoring optimal structure, form, and function so health can express itself.
Dr. Francis Yoo is experienced with various modalities of Osteopathic Manipulation,
including 500 hours of learning in addition to medical school education and residency training:
Musculoskeletal:
Head to Toe
Dental-Intraoral-Jaw Manipulation
Osteopathy in the Cranial Field
Biodynamic Model of Osteopathy
What Makes Me Different
I am Board Certified in four specialties:
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Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
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Integrative Medicine
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Family Medicine
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Pain Medicine
I have experience in various fields of conventional and holistic approaches to medicine and healing. I incorporate my knowledge and experience in the following fields in my osteopathic evaluation and treatment: Lifestyle Medicine: Nutrition, Exercise & Fitness, Sleep, Stress Transformation, Relationships Chinese Medicine / Acupuncture Meridians including Non-Somatic Extraordinary Vessel Healing and QiGong. Meditation-Breathwork Practices Shock-trauma related tension Jungian Psychology and the Enneagram Homeopathy
What to expect at your visit
All sessions are uniquely tailored for each patient and will involve hands-on treatments with Osteopathic Manipulation and occasionally with acupuncture and guided breathwork-meditation. Initial visits are 60 minutes long for adults and 50 minutes for children. After the first visit patients typically schedule three to four follow up visits within a two-month period followed by decreased frequency of visits. Follow up visits are typically approximately 30-40 minutes long. ​ ​Dr. Yoo is out-of-network with private insurance companies. Receipts / Superbills are provided for you to submit to your insurance company for direct reimbursement. ​ While I have opted out of Medicare, Medicare patients may submit to their secondary insurance for reimbursement.
Location & Hours
I am currently seeing patients in the Upper East Side near Midtown.
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121 East 60th Street
Suite 2C
New York, NY 10022
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Hours: Mondays and Fridays.