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Yes, a thread on osteopathy...

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Kenny_Boy (2013 GoFasterStripes) Jan 2013 9:36pm, 14 Jan 2013 716 posts	Quote Pin Kenny_Boy (2013 GoFasterStripes) So... sore back, physio hasn't fixed it, trying something else... but i've just had the weirdest hour. No manipulation, no twisting and turning; it wasn't a hundred miles from "laying on of hands" - all very gentle... Is this "cranial osteopathy"? Is this utter quackery? Am I just being a Neanderthal by expecting it to "hurt". Strange... any insight appreciated!
JohnnyO Jan 2013 9:37pm, 14 Jan 2013 14,709 posts	Quote Pin JohnnyO Witchcraft.
Kenny_Boy (2013 GoFasterStripes) Jan 2013 9:40pm, 14 Jan 2013 717 posts	Quote Pin Kenny_Boy (2013 GoFasterStripes) and now expand on that please... I don't mind wasting the money but the time out injured is a pain in the arse...
JohnnyO Jan 2013 9:47pm, 14 Jan 2013 14,712 posts	Quote Pin JohnnyO Thats probably not fair of me. I think it does work for (chronic) back pain, its just when they start realigning your spine to make your liver function better that they might as well mix some toe of frog into your lucozade. Not as bad as chiropracters though.
Kenny_Boy (2013 GoFasterStripes) Jan 2013 9:06am, 15 Jan 2013 718 posts	Quote Pin Kenny_Boy (2013 GoFasterStripes) wee bump for the day shift - any expansive thoughts appreciated!
mushroom Jan 2013 9:32am, 15 Jan 2013 281 posts	Quote Pin mushroom If it was minimal hands-on or touching then it sounds a bit like Reiki?
Nellers Jan 2013 10:00am, 15 Jan 2013 23,782 posts	Quote Pin Nellers If they just laid on hands then they're relying on a very simple method to cure your complaints: Your imagination and belief. They need to actually DO SOMETHING to affect your body. There are no energy fields or flows that need raligning as far as any reliable and repeatable science can detect. There are no studies that show that this will work. There are, however, plenty of people who will say it's worked for them when what has actually happened is that they got better and went to someone who laid on hands. The two things were unrelated ina ny physical way, though. You might as well say "I went of a bus and it got better" and rely on bus travel as your main medical intervention.
JohnnyO Jan 2013 10:05am, 15 Jan 2013 14,714 posts	Quote Pin JohnnyO Are you dissing my chakra?
Kenny_Boy (2013 GoFasterStripes) Jan 2013 10:06am, 15 Jan 2013 719 posts	Quote Pin Kenny_Boy (2013 GoFasterStripes) Public transport as a healing power... ok, I'll give it a shot!!
Nellers Jan 2013 10:07am, 15 Jan 2013 23,783 posts	Quote Pin Nellers Maybe, JohnnyO. Or maybe you reversed your Karma over my Dogma.;-)