Whilst reading through the June/July 2011 edition of the General Osteopathic Council’s journal ‘The Osteopath‘ I came across an advert for a series or courses on These course are being run by UK registered osteopath Geoffrey Montague-Smith. I couldn’t resist having a closer look at what was behind this ‘healing power of sound‘. First stop was… [Read more…]
July 31, 2011
Based on the information you provided, it appears you have a valid point ! In April this year I commented (Be Careful What You Wish For) on an article called ‘If the CAP fits’ that was published in the British Osteopathy Association Journal . In this article, osteopathy Mary Monro expressed her the view that a lack… [Read more…]
July 1, 2011
The Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence have recently published their 2010/2011 annual report http://www.chre.org.uk/media/18/405/ Volume II covers the performance reviews of the 9 healthcare regulators who come under their remit. Volume II can be found here http://www.chre.org.uk/satellite/402 Or the PDF is here: http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc1012/hc10/1084/1084_ii.pdf This document contains lots of detail on issues surrounding health care regulation, many… [Read more…]
May 17, 2011
Of all the conditions that Cranial Osteopaths claim to treat, infantile colic is perhaps one of the most common. We can see just how common by using a very handy Google Custom Search, this tool can be used to search GOsC members websites for specific search phrases, in this case colic: (See Note at bottom… [Read more…]
April 27, 2011
Back in May 2010, the General Chiropractic Council (GCC) stated that the Chiropractic Vertebral Subluxation Complex (VSC) was lacking any research that could associate it with any diseases and that it exists today as an historical concept. It would be an understatement to say that this was not welcomed by chiropractors, both here in the UK and further… [Read more…]
April 24, 2011
Be careful what you wish for ...... That is something that BOA member, Mary Monro should keep in mind when writing articles for Osteopathy Today, the British Osteopathic Association (BOA) journal. The article called ‘If the CAP fits” was published in the April 2011 edition of Osteopathy Today. It covers the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)… [Read more…]
April 1, 2011
This month the Nightingale Collaboration are looking at CranioSacral Therapy CST) and the wildly extravagant claims therapists routinely make for this unproven treatment. I thought this would be an opportune moment to take a quick look at how the ASA view the evidence for this treatment and the claims being made. In the past I… [Read more…]
March 27, 2011
On 5 March 2011 I sent a complaint to the ASA regarding the website content of homeopath Helen Saunders. This was done for a number of reasons: First: This was done because homeopathy lacks any reliable evidence to support the claims being made. Those claims range from minor, self limiting conditions, through to far more… [Read more…]
March 15, 2011
Playing it by ear certainly seems to be the way some (but by no means all) osteopaths view the evidence for treating Otitis Media, particularly in the way it is advertised on many websites. The latest edition of The Osteopath has a couple of very interesting articles. One called Encouraging Advertising Standards (pg 6), gives (yet… [Read more…]
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