1) any UK based DO's you know about?
I have said this before; regardless of the underlying cause, I am working on the principle that the scoliosis is partially maintained by adjustment of the ligaments round the spine, specially shortening/ contraction on the concave side (the lengthening on the convex side should be less of an issue), creating a situation similar to a contracture in any joint, which hasn't been allowed its natural range of movements for a long time. A physio would deal with a contracture by gentle/ regular stretching and I always wondered (as you know) whether a similar approach would help (a bit) in scoliosis. The chiropractic approach, with its sudden movements doesn't make sense to me, this is why I was wondering whether osteopaths would do things differently
re vestibular testing; i made the more derisory comment about that, not celia, my main objection being that I had the impression that lots and lots of money was being charged for this to be done....... (and than we could get into a long discussion about evidence based interventions etc etc, but we've done that before )
I have said this before; regardless of the underlying cause, I am working on the principle that the scoliosis is partially maintained by adjustment of the ligaments round the spine, specially shortening/ contraction on the concave side (the lengthening on the convex side should be less of an issue), creating a situation similar to a contracture in any joint, which hasn't been allowed its natural range of movements for a long time. A physio would deal with a contracture by gentle/ regular stretching and I always wondered (as you know) whether a similar approach would help (a bit) in scoliosis. The chiropractic approach, with its sudden movements doesn't make sense to me, this is why I was wondering whether osteopaths would do things differently
re vestibular testing; i made the more derisory comment about that, not celia, my main objection being that I had the impression that lots and lots of money was being charged for this to be done....... (and than we could get into a long discussion about evidence based interventions etc etc, but we've done that before )
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