i want to know more about Osteopathic medicine
The system of Osteopathic medicine was founded by Andrew Taylor Still.
when was it founded and was it in the US ?
It was first founded in the 19th century.
oh thats cool. do they do certain types of surgeries ?
No it relies on the manipulation of joints within the body.
ah, are there any meds or devices that were created for this issue ?
You are seeing the practice less and less now days with jobs in the field eroding 
why are they eroding? did they solve the issue ?
the middle of the 20th century, the profession had moved closer to mainstream medicine, adopting modern public health and biomedical principles. American "osteopaths" became "osteopathic medical doctors", ultimately achieving full practice rights as medical doctors in all 50 states, including serving in the United States Armed Forces as physicians.
In modern medicine, any distinction between the MD and the DO professions has eroded steadily. Diminishing numbers of DO graduates enter primary care fields, fewer use osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT), and increasing numbers of
an allied health profession.
United States.
The practice of osteopathic medicine was founded as osteopathy by frontier physician Andrew Taylor Still as a partial rejection of the prevailing system of medical thought of the 19th century including its frequent use of caustic and/or toxic medicinal substances and dangerous surgeries. The profession maintained ties and gradually moved closer to mainstream medicine in its practices, and came to be called "Osteopathic Medicine". Today, the training of osteopathic physicians is distinct from that of their MD counterparts due to emphasis placed on a