It is heartening, in this age of formalized education and regulation, to discover that anyone with a spark of curiosity and the will to follow through can come up with something that improves people’s lives and changes the way medicine is practised. This is the first in a series of posts under the title Who…
Too busy to read through the whole magazine looking for the juicy bits? Not me. Nothing speeds up a train journey like the latest edition of GOsC’s official organ. You might not have the same luxury of a free hour to peruse the classifieds and read lengthy articles about ASA compliance before you pull into…
I received in my inbox today a message from the lovely Georgina Leelodharry. She was reminding members of iO to make no unfounded claims for our treatments. It appears that the Good Thinking Society is checking up on the accuracy of osteopaths’ claims about treating children. This is not a bad thing and shouldn’t concern…
A study published in Nature on June 1 reveals a stunning discovery that might be the missing link between the brain and the immune system. It’s also highly relevant to the work of osteopaths. While searching for immune cells, researchers in Virginia noticed vessels within the meninges of mice. Further investigation showed that they were…
Search engines have an autocomplete function. I decided to type some incomplete phrases into Google and Yahoo to see what they might reveal about the general public’s views of osteopathy. Somewhat demoralized, I made myself feel better by doing the same with chiropractors, physiotherapists and doctors. I came up with the following snapshot: issues of…
There’s nothing to be afraid of. That seems to be the general feeling from everyone I’ve spoken to. I missed our local regional meeting and missed the deadline for feedback, but having spent a while this morning trawling through the CPD proposals, I feel reassured and even somewhat inspired to start planning my future CPD. I’m…
Have you ever wondered if there are other osteopaths out there like you? Other osteopaths curious to know things like, how many osteopaths are still manipulating necks? How reliable is the SLR, really? What do classical osteopaths actually do? When will there be some decent evidence for cranial? How do we engage the skeptics? DO…
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