{"id":1588,"date":"2012-05-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osteogoodhealth.com\/do-alternative-medical-therapies-work\/"},"modified":"2022-04-11T15:54:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T13:54:50","slug":"do-alternative-medical-therapies-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osteogoodhealth.com\/do-alternative-medical-therapies-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Do alternative medical therapies work?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do alternative medical therapies work?<\/p>\n

In pain? If conventional methods fail, visit an osteopath. The Women24 team gives the treatment a \u2018thumbs up\u2019. Do you?<\/p>\n

In search of answers, I visited Dr Guy Ashburner, an osteopath. (On behalf of the osteopathic profession)<\/p>\n

Our first appointment was mostly talk and lasted for roughly 45 minutes. After exploring my health with a series of non-invasive questions, Dr Ashburner explained more about the practice, and I learnt that:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Osteopathy is a \u2018hands-on\u2019 manual technique that focuses on harmonising all the systems of the body.<\/p>\n

\u2022 An osteopath finds and treats the underlying cause of a problem, instead of \u2018sorting it out\u2019 with drugs and medication.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The therapeutic interventions \u2013 which are similar to massage therapy \u2013 facilitate our body\u2019s own recovery.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Osteopathy treats anything from headaches, migraines, back, neck and pelvic pain; to stress, fatigue, pregnancy and posture-related problems.<\/p>\n

\u2022 By receiving osteopathic treatments patients are also likely to notice an increase in energy levels, a reduction in stress, improved sleep and a boosted immune system.<\/p>\n

My next visit was almost an hour long and included a back and neck rubdown. I swear, I felt like an entirely new person afterwards.<\/p>\n

But while my \u2018ailments\u2019 are not debilitating, my colleague Caro de Waal has more severe problems, and claims to have also had great success through osteopathy:<\/p>\n

\u201cI have had a neck\/shoulder problem for over 5 years which started out as bad headaches that were so intense; I thought I had a brain tumour. I first visited a Physiotherapist because that was what my doctor suggested and I did that for 2 years solid. It helped in the short term, but it wasn\u2019t helping the root of the problem.<\/p>\n

Then, over one Christmas holiday period, I got \u2018rotator cuff\u2019 \u2013a severe muscular shoulder problem where you literally can\u2019t move your head \u2013 and decided to see a Chiropractor.<\/p>\n

I thought this was the answer and while the therapy helped in the beginning, it too became obsolete. He even told me that I would NEVER be pain free. But I refused to believe it and went on a mission to find \u2018the cure\u2019. I went to a kinesiologist, who referred me to an osteopath and I have not looked back since. She took one look at me and knew what was wrong. And even though I am not 100%, I am ten times better than I have been in years!<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe in osteopaths completely. Because they look at both the bones AND the muscles, they get a better picture of the problem at its base.\u201d<\/p>\n

By: Meagan Karstens<\/p>\n

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