This blog post delves into the challenges faced by osteopathy according to the perspectives of Thomson and Macmillan. It highlights issues such as a weak theoretical basis, reliance on manual therapy, practitioner-centredness, and implausible mechanisms. The authors urge for critical self-reflection and embracing concepts from outside osteopathy to ensure the profession’s development and legitimacy.
This blog post delves into the challenges faced by osteopathy according to the perspectives of Thomson and Macmillan. It highlights issues such as a weak theoretical basis, reliance on manual therapy, practitioner-centredness, and implausible mechanisms. The authors urge for critical self-reflection and embracing concepts from outside osteopathy to ensure the profession’s development and legitimacy.
To get everyone kickstarted back in to the new academic year, here is a really interesting research piece from one of UCO’s bright sparks, Maria Larrain, who previously guested on osteofm with her essay about placebo. She looks at the experience of touch in an osteopathic treatment, and the concordance between patient and practitioner. Note: Research…
As the comments following Professor Tyreman’ s recent blog swirled higher and higher above my head, I ceased trying to understand them. However I have been roused from intellectual torpor by this piece, which is a follow on and clarification of that first one. It is ostensibly an answer to one comment in particular by Rasmus…
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