GOsC Meeting July 2015
In pursuit of trying to understand “Osteopathy: the Profession” in 2015, I have been reading my osteopathy magazines more closely than usual. In the Osteopath Magazine, I saw a tantalizing invitation to the next General Osteopathic Council Meeting (Thursday 16 July). “Meetings take place at 10am at Osteopathy House. Osteopaths are welcome to attend. For more information call Marcia…
How to Avoid Complaints (Part 2) – my incomplete but growing understanding of consent
(as continued – for Part 1 please go here) Consent, consent, consent. It was not even mentioned when I was an undergraduate, but it’s all the rage these days. I know we need it. But what does it mean? At COPA in June of this year, I made my way to a talk entitled An…
Does Osteopathy Work? Is it Scientific? A post from a Sceptical website but well worth the read
Originally posted on Victorian Skeptics:
By Mal Vickers I was recently asked, “Does osteopathy work? Is it scientific?” The short answer is: osteopathy is unlikely to be effective for most health conditions. It’s a form of alternative medicine. I wouldn’t put it in the category of a science–based medicine. Read on if you’re interested in…
How to Avoid Complaints (Part 1) – How I met Georgina and felt reassured
Insights from iO’s Georgina Leelodharry at COPA I feel better about the prospect of a complaint today than I did 6 weeks ago, and the reason is that I attended a talk on consent by iO’s Georgina Leelodharry. Her job title is Head of Membership Services, but she spends most of her time talking about complaints…
Who needs a medical degree? #1: A woman with a broken collarbone but no clinical training won the Davinci Award for Medical Breakthrough
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…
theosteopath June/July2015, digested for you
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…
Calling all osteopaths – Ignore research at your peril
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…
Rewrite the textbooks – lymphatic vessels have been found in the meninges of the brain
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…
What does Google tell us about osteopaths?
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…
osteofm 