Alternative Medicine

Status of Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM) and their effectiveness

SJCRG: Here is a link to a study on CAMs   CAM stands for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

The main merit of  the abstract is to give a nice breakdown of the therapies:

Quoting  “…..

1. .. alternative medical systems (eg, traditional Chinese medicine [including acupuncture], naturopathic medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, and homeopathy);
2.  biologic-based therapies (eg, herbal, special dietary, and individual biologic treatments);
3.  energy therapies (eg Reiki, therapeutic touch, magnet therapy, Qi Gong, and intercessory prayer);
4.  manipulative and body-based systems (eg, chiropractic, osteopathy, and massage);
5.  mind-body interventions (eg, meditation, biofeedback, hypnotherapy, and the relaxation response).

              …”

SJCRG: Here is a link to the NCAM’s  (National Center for CAM)  more detailed  take on the various CAM. This a large site covering everything with an eye toward safety

SJCRG: A good example of a subset of NCAM is their CAM and Pain Discussion  

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Does Osteopathy Reduce Musculoskeletal Pain? (Springer-Verlag)

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From the study conducted by Paul Posadzki and Edzard Ernst in “Clinical Rheumatology”

• 5 studies claim positive impact of Osteopathy on Musculoskeletal Pain
• 11  studies claim no impact of Osteopathy on Musculoskeletal Pain

So :”..No compelling evidence that it works..” But it might…

The Osteopath's path

For background on Osteopathy, go to the Wikipedia link

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Fibromyalgia: Herbs and Roots that could help (Dellwo,About)

SJCRG:  Adienne Dellwo has brought our attention to two natural supplements that could help people with Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) or Chronic Fatigue syndrome (CFS):   

•  Theanine (a tea amino acid) Adrienne used it as a treatment for “ Essential Tremor” . Theanine sounds like the tea counterpart for caffeine. But they are very different. Theamine is a nutrient, and Caffeine is a  psychoactive stimulant drug.  See  Wikipedia on Teamine    and Wikipedia on Caffeine

The tea ritual helps too...

•  Rhodiola rosea ( golden root)  Adriennes uses Rhodiola to improve FMS  quality of life. You will find an  example of what rhodiola can do following that link to a Swedish study entered in the US NIH database.  Essentially anti fatigue properties

Rhodiola rosea: Look for the root

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Low Back Pain: Exercise and Alternative Treatments (sciencedirect)

Care resource Guide:Lower Back pain interventions  are often painful themselves, so the patient needs to be convinced of the prospective treatment efficacy. Complementary and alternative (CAM) treatments tend to be less aggressive, But do they work?

 Care resource Guide: Here is link to a background article on CAM treatments  

Quoting Conclusions:“…Based on the current literature, it appears that yoga is the most effective nonphysician-directed active treatment approach to nonspecific low back pain when comparing other CAM treatments. Acupuncture… has been shown to be a good adjunct treatment…”

  Care resource Guide Notes: Yoga when you having lower back pain sounds challenging, but it still worth investigating.

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