Therapeutic Touch cures Feline Hypocentrosis

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Feline hypocentrosis is a condition common in housecats, characterized by excessive vocalization, obsessive rubbing, twitching, uncontrolled rolling or spasms, erratic movements of the head, and seeking contact with warm bodies or (for reasons poorly understood by veterinary science) a pathological desire for contact with today's newspaper.

Here is a photograph of an otherwise normal housecat in the throes of acute hypocentrosis.

I have discovered that a precise administration of Therapeutic Touch (TT) actually CURES FHC!

First, keep in mind that feline meridians are not analogous to human meridians. TT must be administered manually, or with the aid of a special tool, along the entire body from head to tail, repeatedly, with special attention being paid to the specially sensitive meridians on the chin and cheeks and behind the ears.

I have rigorously compared the results of this therapy with those of EFT, placebo-TT, and a control group, and TT is the ONLY cure currently known!

EFT did not cure any case of FHC. In fact, the tapping and the requests for the cat to think about her current situation only made symptoms worse, and sometimes even escalated the symptoms to include hissing and clawing.

Placebo-TT was administered by applying the methods of TT, but to non-meridian sites such as legs, paws, and belly, or running from tail to head. In these cases, subjects sometimes experienced limited relief, but usually worsened, or abandoned therapy altogether.

The control group, who received no therapy, likewise experienced an increase in symptoms, although they did not escalate to include injury of the test administrator as in some EFT and placebo cases.

Only the TT group experienced, in every case, an eventual cessation of symptoms. Here is our sample subject after a TT session.

You can doubt the human studies all you want, but the animal studies are conclusive!!!
 
It's nice to know that all my years of performing TT on my cats has been proven correct. Except my cats prefer this for their TT.
 
Very nice test design Piggy.

I find that gaffa tape also cures FHC.
But of course that is an entirely different field of enquiry.
 
OMG! I just tried out TT on my cat right now, and it totally worked!! She was cured instantly!! I had no idea that cats could get sick like this, but she totally had the symptoms you described and now they're gone!!!! Thank you!!! What a lifesaver! Bless you and all your descendants!!

BlackCat (professional endorser)
 
Zep, I think studies of the application of TT to cases of equine hypocentrosis could be quite productive!!! All one would need to do would be to identify the meridians. In fact, we are currently working to identify canine meridians, which seem to be concentrated on the belly and tailbone and behind the ears.

The fact that different species, who have different body structures of course, have different TT meridians is a strong indication that TT is valid and definitely NOT RANDOM!!!
 
Oh sure, a well constructed test why don't you! Except, there's that idea of meridians. I see no evidence of them, just the special spots on a cat that work which may or may not have meridians on them. I think a more likely explanation is that such TT is a form of excersism, eliminating demons and evil spirits from the cat's fur that force it into these behaviors.
 
Dark Jaguar said:
I think a more likely explanation is that such TT is a form of excersism, eliminating demons and evil spirits from the cat's fur that force it into these behaviors.
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TT does not speculate on the mechanism, on why the therapy works. I think your point is quite valid. FHC may well be caused by demons. What's important is that we've identified the energy meridians by which these demons can be released, as well as the process to do so!

Keep in mind that our method was rigorously tested against other methods, and included a placebo group and a control! Also, be aware that our preliminary findings indicate that these merdians are measurably (and repeatably) distinct for other species with different body types!

So your input is very much appreciated, Dark Jaguar! I think it deserves more investigation, with the kind of rigor we are applying to TT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Wait a second here...

Is this a joke?

C'mon now, stop kidding around. Is Piggy really serious with this stuff? :confused:
 
Of course, the mods are free to relegate this thread to the humor forum if they choose. But I think it may serve to educate potential applicants about how to conduct a proper preliminary test.

You see that I have included a control group, an alternate therapy, and a placebo group. I have done this on many animals and the results are consistent.

Also, BlackCat has done this independently and has positive results!

In addition, I have carefully defined my terms. The syndrome is well defined, and people can verify independently that many cats are afflicted by it.

Our studies with canines, and Zep's work with horses, demonstrate that the meridians are real, in that they vary measurably from one species to the other. If they were just "made up", the same ones could work for any species. Also, the placebo group would have been cured by TT, which they were not!

Furthermore, Lisa Simpson's post is very important. She has shown that the instrument may be varied and the same results obtained. Therefore, clearly the cure does not reside in the instrument, but rather in the process of TT on the appropriate meridians.

This is especially important because we are starting to conduct experiments on curing feline hypoplaysia, which invariably requires instruments of some kind, which TT does not (although an appropriate tool may be used). The fact that TT does not cure FHP but does cure FHC is evidence that it is specific, in the same way that aspirin will cure a headache but not a cough.

So if this thread is shuffled off to the "humor" forum, I won't complain. I do think it's an opportunity lost, however, as there is so much to learn from this study!
 
Piggy said:
Also, BlackCat has done this independently and has positive results!

Our studies with canines, and Zep's work with horses, demonstrate that the meridians are real, in that they vary measurably from one species to the other.
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In fact, we've established a structural framework, or theory, within which context we can place further discussion. I'm not debating the underlying theory, real science lies in the debate over particulars:

In studying numerous canine subjects, while the theory predicts particular meridians, it can be shown that, instead, canines have a field within which TT can be effective. TT applied to any part of a canine, save the teeth, appears to cause an immediate cessation to tail-wagging and other expressions of agitation, in the majority of cases resulting in inability to maintain posture and (as my team has dubbed it) 'flopping down.' This effect over multiple subjects has appeared to increase geometrically with age.

Future studies intend to determine whether a light year's worth of TT implements, stacked end-to-end, can stop a particular infantile canine subject, or whether it is merely a probabilistic chance.

Data can be found in peer-reviewed journals

:D
 
Thank you Jimbo07. Your point about describing the meridians as fields is well noted. Just as no 2 person's teeth are identical, so we should not expect individual animals' meridians to be identically located.

You wouldn't want a dentist to decide where to drill your teeth by looking at a textbook diagram. You want him looking at YOUR teeth! You want the flebotomist looking at YOUR arm, because your veins are not in the exact same location as someone else's.

Dogs do seem to have stronger and broader meridian fields, and less sensitivity to directionality.

But Jimbo07, I think you need to be careful in your tests to rigorously distinguish canine hypocentrosis from canine hypoplaysia. Also, hypocentrosis in dogs has a slightly different symptomology from hypocentrosis in cats. Dogs, for example, often exhibit "head fatigue" and will rest their heads heavily on your leg. They can lose balance, causing them to lean against people. Like cats, they can seek warmth, but this too can manifest differently in canines -- smaller ones do seek laps to curl up in, but we also see the urge to place their heads under your hand in an effort to better retain heat, which cats rarely do.

Thanks for the contribution!
 
Piggy said:
But Jimbo07, I think you need to be careful in your tests to rigorously distinguish canine hypocentrosis from canine hypoplaysia.
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gngngn... that's what I get for not double-checking the work that I get my grad students to d... err... I mean, my mistake.

(you're one linguistically clever sumnumbish :D)
 
But...Therapeutic Touch does not involve actual touching! (nor therapy, for that matter)

Quite obviously, you are doing Kitty Reiki!

(I am not saying TT does not work with cats--the energy field from my cats will actually attract the cat to a hand held an inch or two above the meridian. I am simply saying that your protocol is misnamed.)


(ok, come to think of it, it is Therapeutic Touch that is misnamed. Carry on.)
 
Mercutio said:
But...Therapeutic Touch does not involve actual touching!
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Goood point, Mercutio. That's why the claims about so-called "Therapeutic Touch" on humans are hogwash.

It stands to reason. All you have to do is look at their methodology, compare it to their claim to be "touch", and you need look no farther into it.

WE represent the AUTHENTIC TT movement!

I'm really excited to find that other folks out there are doing their own veterinary TT work, which we didn't even know about. I think what we're seeing here is a kind of 100th Monkey effect, so there's more proof of that, too (as if we needed any).
 
Mercutio said:
But...Therapeutic Touch does not involve actual touching! (nor therapy, for that matter)

Quite obviously, you are doing Kitty Reiki!

(I am not saying TT does not work with cats--the energy field from my cats will actually attract the cat to a hand held an inch or two above the meridian. I am simply saying that your protocol is misnamed.)


(ok, come to think of it, it is Therapeutic Touch that is misnamed. Carry on.)
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Hey now, I was under the impression from a Reiki practioner I had the misfortune of meeting several years ago that Reiki is the one that does not involve actual touching!
 
LostAngeles said:
Hey now, I was under the impression from a Reiki practioner I had the misfortune of meeting several years ago that Reiki is the one that does not involve actual touching!
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Not according to the article "What Are the Distinctions Between Reiki and Therapeutic Touch?" (Potter, 2003, Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing)

But then, who needs to actually know the basics about the thing they practice?
 
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