Osteopathy

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)

SJCRG:

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…

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