My last 2 posts on Cranial Osteopathy looked at what (Part 1) cranial osteopathy is, what was being claimed and the available evidence to support those claims. I also looked at (Part 2) what advertising advice had been provided. This all seemed quite appropriate as the ASA’s remit was about to change and these website… [Read more…]
February 3, 2011
Please see Part 1 of this series to get a view on what Cranial Osteopathy is and the reliability of the available evidence. This post will cover: * How common is Cranial Osteopathy * Advertising advice & guidance! * What answers has the GOsC given? * And finally! How common is Cranial Osteopathy? It is… [Read more…]
February 1, 2011
My past posts on this subject: Cranial Osteopathy: Whilst waiting for the National Council for Osteopathic Research (NCOR) to complete and publish the results of their ongoing literature/evidence review into Cranial Osteopathy, it is worth looking at what evidence and information is already out there. I was recently asked (again) in a comment “out of… [Read more…]
January 25, 2011
Some months ago I got in contact with the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) to see if they could provide some evidence to support the wide range of claims relating to Cranial Osteopathy. My earlier blogs on the subject can be found here: Osteopathy: talking a good game Osteopathy: More words Osteopathy: Look out that evidence… [Read more…]
October 24, 2010
Clearly there is much disagreement on the subject of the ‘Subluxation’. We should expect skeptics and chiropractors to disagree and I doubt one will change their views simply on the say so of the other. But the disagreement on what a subluxation is reaches further than this. It is difficult, if not impossible to find… [Read more…]
October 17, 2010
This post is an update on my earlier discussions with the General Chiropractic Council on the subject of the evidence to support various claims surrounding the Chiropractic Vertebral Subluxation Complex (VSC). The background to this post can be found here: Subluxations: We’ve never considered the research Pt1 Subluxations: We’ve never considered the research Pt2 This… [Read more…]
September 7, 2010
In my last post on CranioSacral Therapy (CST) I said I would temporarily put aside the question of robust, scientific evidence (or lack of) to support the claims made by many CST therapists on their websites and advertising literature ….. Well now seems like a good time to revisit it! Back in May of this… [Read more…]
September 7, 2010
This is just a quick post in response to the CranioSacral Therapy Associations (CSTA) ‘emergency warning’ newsletter they sent to their members. The live copy can be seen here “Possible Emergency” And a saved ‘freezepage copy can be found here ‘Saved: Possible Emergency’ just in case the original one vanishes! I’ll ignore the comments about… [Read more…]
September 4, 2010
Having heard from the GCC today about the complaints I submitted, it seems I turned up one chiropractor who is being deliberately dishonest. Here she is: Dr Marie-Christine Dix DC MBCA Back to Balance Chiropractic Clinic Lido de France Medical Centre St Saviour’s Road St Helier Jersey Channel Islands JE1 7XP Her page clearly states… [Read more…]
August 30, 2010
On 18 Aug 2010 the GCC held a meeting where they discussed a revision to their chiropractic vertebral subluxation (VSC) guidance issued earlier in May this year. Following the meeting the GCC have decided to change the wording of their subluxation guidance and as the initial statement was made in response to questions I raised,… [Read more…]
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