Leon Chaitow
Schwartzenegger -vs – osteopathy: who will win the battle – Arnie or the DOs?
Strange happenings in California.In his battle with a budget deficit, and his pledge to create 'smaller government' 'The Governator' has abolished the naturopathic licensing board (Bureau of Naturopathic Medicine) of the state, and has virtually merged this, under the...
Palpatory Literacy – Pearls Of Wisdom
I am coming to the end of a lengthy revision of one of my favourite books“Palpation and Assessment Skills“(Elsevier, Edinburgh). This 3rd edition will appear in a year or so, after grinding through its’ production process….. The first incarnation of this book had a...
Fascia – The New Frontier In Bodywork
I’ve been traveling, teaching and reading (and writing) – a lot lately – hence the lack of blog posts. It’s about the reading and writing bits that I want to offer some thoughts in this posting – as it seems to me that there has been a definite shift in terms of new...
Is there more to osteopathy than muscle and joint dysfunction – the PAD evidence?
My previous posting about the possible value of chiropractic in treatment of childhood health problems, such as colic and earache, highlights an ongoing debate in my own profession - osteopathy.This is less of an issue in the USA where osteopathic physicians operate...
Research in Water and Fascia: Micro-tornadoes, hydrogenated diamonds & nanocrystals
Originally published in Massage Today June, 2009, Vol. 09, Issue 06 Several years ago, I wrote a series of articles for Massage Today on the topic of the then-recent and exciting research into fascia.1 As the Second International Fascia Research Congress approaches...
What’s the truth about chiropractic for infants?
This post is the first for over a month, during which time I've been on the move in the UK, USA and Canada, teaching, seeing patients, and trying hard to remain focused, as the prospect of 3.5 months in Corfu (which I reached last week) loomed - just ahead - like a...
Osteopathic And Naturopathic Approaches To Influenza: Part 2
This post builds on information that you will find on my other post “Chaitow’s Chat”, that – in Part 1 of this post – gives background information on osteopathic treatment of infected patients, during the great Flu Pandemic of 1918. In this post I will outline some of...
Osteopathic and naturopathic approaches to Influenza: Part 1
NOTE: Part 2 of this posting can be found by going to this linkhttp://massagemag.com/massage-blog/bodywork-blog/A reality check this morning (Sunday Times, London) put into perspective the questionable severity of the impending pandemic: In the past week around 17...
The nonsense of "evidence based medicine": Meet PieMan
Its the 1st of May, and today in Corfu it's been intermittently blustery and baking.Alkmini busied herself making a traditional wreath, constructed from leaves and flowers, gathered as we wandered through the spring abundence of our garden and orchard.Then it was back...
Red, White, and Black Reaction
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The 10 most important books in my clinical life
This was a contribution to Mike Reinold’s Blog - which is one of the very best on the web for manual rehabilitation of athletes. http://www.mikereinold.com/ One of the main books that helped form my appreciation of consideration of the whole biomechanical complex,...
Introducing a new (to me) Italian approach: Fascial Manipulation ®
One of the more rewarding aspects of editing The Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies has been the opportunity it has given to meet new concepts early on.Back in 1995 Elsevier first agreed to my suggestion to publish this journal - which had (and still has) as its...