Mukarram Razvi, DO
10,000+ patients treated
10+ years in practice
Dual-board certified
You've probably already tried a few things for your pain, like PT, chiropractic, or maybe a specialist.
And yet, it keeps coming back.
I trained as an engineer at The Cooper Union before medical school, and it's the reason I treat patients the way I do. Engineers find out why something broke and fix the system. That's exactly how I approach your pain.
I went to medical school at Rowan University, completed a family medicine residency, and then completed a clinical fellowship in osteopathic neuromusculoskeletal medicine. That extra year of training gave me the tools to find and treat the kinds of complex pain patterns that most providers don't have a framework for.
I've also run a marathon and love mountain biking.
I know what it feels like to push your body hard, hit a wall, and have to fight to get it back. When patients tell me they feel like they're 100 years old, or that they've stopped signing up for activities they used to love, I get it because I’ve been there.
I founded Paragon Osteopathy because the standard model of care wasn't getting people better. That’s why every visit here is 60 minutes, one-on-one, with me. We’re done when you’re fully better, not just when your billing cycle ends.
"Multiple specialists have been unable to help me, yet I am feeling much better after his non-invasive treatments. He provides hope that our bodies can heal with the proper care and attention." — Vanessa Harvey
Ready To Find The Real Source Of Your Pain?
Book a free 15 minute call directly with Dr. Razvi and he’ll let you know if he can help.
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Osteopathy is a medical philosophy that acknowledges that every individual has their own unique combination of body, mind, and spirit. Physical changes in a person’s framework such as poor posture, injuries, or insufficient exercise often result in pain and dysfunction down the line, which can then affect those other aspects of the person’s overall health. Osteopathy seeks the root causes of that pain and dysfunction, and gradually retrains the brain to let go of past defenses to bring about long-term stress reduction and healing.
Osteopathic manipulative therapy (OMT) is one part of osteopathy that aims to correct those physical changes using 12+ types of hands-on techniques that stimulate and relax any type of stressed tissue (muscles, ligaments, cartilage, joints, etc.). Some of these techniques are like those in other schools of bodywork such as physical therapy, massage, and chiropractic, but most of them are unique to osteopathy alone.
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In America, there are two routes to becoming a medical doctor. Doctors of osteopathic medicine (DOs) must complete 4 years of medical school just like their MD colleagues, and they also complete 200+ hours of training in osteopathy. Then, both DOs and MDs complete a residency for 3 to 7 years, often shoulder-to-shoulder, before sitting for board certification in a specialty such as family medicine, general surgery, or neurology.
The culmination of training for a few DOs is a one-year fellowship in osteopathy which better prepares them to help harmonize the many spheres of their patients’ lives. DOs diagnose medical conditions, order blood work and imaging studies, perform injections, prescribe medications, and counsel their patients compassionately.
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The Fascial Distortion Model is a patient-centered, symptom-based modality, useful to diagnose and treat painful musculoskeletal and other medical conditions. In this model, the patient becomes the “expert”, skilfully guiding the trained physician to the FDM diagnosis and treatment.
In the FDM approach, treatment is directed to the specific anatomical distortions of the capsule, ligaments, and surrounding fascia, physically reversing them. When the fascial distortions are corrected, the anatomical injury no longer exists, the patient can resume normal function and is pain-free.
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Yes, Dr. Razvi has received hundreds of hours of training specifically in cranial manipulation (although this modality is actually used on every part of the body). OCMM is gentle enough to perform on babies as young as a few hours old! For more information, please visit the Osteopathic Cranial Academy website at https://cranialacademy.org/
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Patients with the following conditions have found benefit in an osteopathic approach:
acute muscle strains
motor vehicle collisions
neck/back pain
pregnancy-related pain
headaches and migraines
sports injuries
carpal tunnel syndrome
infant head shape
post-surgical pain
fibromyalgia
TMJ pain
arthritis/DJD
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OMM
Meta-analysis of OMM for low back pain: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4159549/
Hundreds of smaller-scale articles available upon request.
Meta-analysis for osteoarthritis: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5079700/
Meta-analysis for rotator cuff tendinopathy: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30076801