Research, Articles & Case Studies

Can an Osteopathic treatment help the muscles in the hand caused by an overload of the extensor muscles usually in the dominant hand. Osteopathic treatment was used exclusively manually, with parieral, visceral, and cranioSacral therapy individually chosen for each patient. Four common test were used to see if a difference was made in each patient.

They were not able to come to a conclusion to successfully treat this.

Pain management remains a critical issue for hospitals, they are trying to integrate Massage Therapy as a part of the team management for patient care. The study was conducted on patients from medical, surgery and obstetrics departments. Each session was 30 minutes. They were able to see the difference in the pain levels from 0 to 10 before and then after the therapy. Before the massage they recorded the pain levels most patients were around 5.18, after their massage, their levels went down to 2.33 a significant difference.

Low back pain is one of those symptoms that can last from 4 weeks, subacute usually last 4-12 weeks. Chronic low back pain last more than 12 weeks. There are many different therapies which usually starts out with massage therapies exercises, yoga etc. If the pain becomes chronic the patient may have to go to more options to the failed treatments.  

This case report is about Prader-Willi syndrome, there are 1 in 8000 to 1 in 25,000 births in the United States. This syndrome has many challenges for a child born with this defect. They have many issue with feeding , developmental delays, behavioral problems, prone to scoliosis with other issues. They decided to do Chiropractic adjustments and CranioSacral therapy with other therapies. They noticed much improvement in her treatment plan of twice weekly. Overall she had improved her abilities to sleep better, control anxiety and help her to focus.

This report shows improvements and progression was a success due to multiple therapies. 

Pain and Lower back pain during pregnancy which often gets worse as pregnancy progresses. Studies find that different treatments that may help along the way of the pregnancy. They took pregnant women from the age of 16 to 45 years of age who were having problems with pelvic and low back pain. It will show what seemed to work better for each group. Some did exercise, some wore a pelvic belts. Studies showed there wasn't enough evidence to make a confident decisions about these complaints. CranioSacral Therapy (CST) was implemented with better results than other types of studies.  

CST- CranioSacral Therapy is a light touch manual therapy that works with the body's self-correcting mechanism to affect multiple structual and physiological systems in attaining greater health and well being. As the name implies, it involves mobilizing restrictions within the cranium and the sacrum.It really is a whole body approach. It is practiced by various healthcare professional who have a license to touch.

This RCT (Random Controlled Trials) Studies Review is documenting both the safety and therapeutic effect of Upledger CranioSacral Therapy (CST), and leads the way to larger studies in different health care conditions so often incorporating CST as a complementary treatment.

Anyone who has participated in a yoga class knows that some people are more “flex-ible” than others. We usually think of musculoskeletal flexibility as “loose” or “tight” joints—ligaments, joint capsules—and muscles. But another important part of the musculoskeletal system that tends to be overlooked is the network of fasciae.

Although the clinical syndrome of “myofascial pain” remains poorly characterized, itis estimated to be present in approximately 30% of patients with chronic musculoskeletalpain in the back, neck, shoulder, hip, and pelvis as well as temporomandibular pain, and headache's.

CranioSacral Therapy is a treatment to open up the Cerebrospinal Fluid in the body, which can have restrictions. With a gentle light touch the Therapist can open up the restricted areas and help the fluid and identify flow blockage. It's vital not to miss out on alternative medicine to help a persons body heal.

Carpel Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)

36 patients with evidence of CTS participated in a study . Both groups were put into 2 different intervention group study. Group 1 Only median nerve neuro-mobilization was applicated. Group 2- median nerve neuro-mobilization technique with other Mid-carpel distraction using manual therapy technique.  It is concluded that the combination of these 2 techniques may be effective in the treatment of CTS. More studies are needed.