Publication date: Jun 16, 2025
There is currently no clinical research investigating the effect of osteopathic manipulation on the milk supply of lactating patients. Herbal and prescription galactagogues are limited and have the potential for serious side effects. The objective of this study was to determine whether osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) can increase milk supply in lactating people with low milk supply (hypogalactia). The patients presented in this series participated in an Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved prospective pilot study. All participants were aged 18-40 years old and 2-28 weeks postpartum with the desire to exclusively breastfeed with infants who weighed at least 2,500 g at birth. At 1 h, the measured milk production was
| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| 40years | hypogalactia |
| Galactagogues | lactation |
| Milk | low milk supply |
| Osteopathic | OMT |
| Pilot |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | hypogalactia |
| disease | IDO | production |