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Not a doctor, but the treatment for "adverse effects resembling Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis" that was successful (N=1?) is surprising to
by bryan0 6y ago
Not a doctor, but the treatment for "adverse effects resembling Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis" that was successful (N=1?) is surprising to me:
> Manual treatment was provided to aid central lymphatic drainage, improve mechanics and reduce the inflammation of the spine and reduce the allostatic load by improving the sympathetic tone.
> ... and the patient followed a self-massage routine to aid lymph drainage along with gentle exercises to improve thoracic spinal mobility.
- oxymoran 6y agoI never understood why osteopaths aren’t in the same ballpark as chiropractors. Seems like the type of woo-ish stuff that doctors hate.
- erentz 6y agoIt sounds like maybe osteopaths are something different overseas but in the US both a DO and MD degree are 99% the same now. There is a schedule for smoothing out the remaining differences and essentially they’ll become identical. The history of osteopathy as a branch of medicine is kooky, but a lot of mainstream allopathic medicine was just as kooky when osteopathy started too. Today I have absolutely no issues whether my doctor got a DO or MD and wouldn’t even know without looking at the initials after their name. Chiropractors on the other hand are indeed completely dangerous quacks that routinely give people severe injuries. I know two people that have been disabled by chiropractors manipulating their necks and damaging the tissues and causes stenosis of the veins which has ruined their lives.
- dm319 6y agoAs a doctor, this looks like quackery to me.