osteopathy

Back in my early career days, I woke up one morning with The Stiff Neck from Hell. I don't remember if it was from a sport activity, or from straining over a desktop computer too long, or for something completely unrelated. But I could not turn my neck at all: there was a wall of pain between...

Read the full text of both sides of the argument: Should we abandon cervical spine manipulation for mechanical neck pain? Yes https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8838580/quackometer/bmj%20manips%20piece.full.pdf Should we abandon cervical spine manipulation for mechanical neck pain? No...

The UK Nightingale Collaboration’s response to the regulation of healthcare professionals makes for interesting reading: Background: http://www.nightingale-collaboration.org/news/124-regulation-of-health-care-professionals.html It seems to be a very thorough critical analysis of all the...

Is Osteopathy a pseudoscience? Someone on a local forum was asking if there was an Osteopath near my area and I just wanted to make sure they weren't wasting money.

Physicians in the US is divided into two distinct branches, Allopaths and Osteopaths. Allopathic Doctors have the title MD(Medical Doctor) while Osteopaths have the title DO(Doctor of Osteopathy). MDs significantly outnumber DOs and now Naturopathic "Doctors" (NDs) are an addition to the whole...

I just got a letter from my insurance company saying my old primary care physician has left and they've assigned me a new one. I did a little research and found that he's a Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) and not an MD. I've found some conflicting information on the web about what exactly that...

I've been having a discussion about this on another board and a number of people keep exclaiming how wonderful this is, and yet I can find no studies as to its efficacy and indeed, the theory behind it screams quackery to me. One person in particular describes how their young child (months old)...

Does anybody know about osteopathy - woowoo or does it actually work ?

Okay, I'm new to this particular "brand" of "medicine." After I read some stuff about it (including the use of pressure points), my BS alarm immediately went off. I want to learn more. I was set off by this travelling museum exhibit. Is there a good skeptical look at this stuff? I went to...