neck pain Tag

30 Sep

Posted at 13:48h in Pain Research

Craniosacral Therapy Safety Notice: Discuss craniosacral therapy with your healthcare provider before scheduling a session. Craniosacral therapy may not be appropriate for everyone. Contraindications include, but are not limited to:

  • Blood clots
  • A concussion
  • Brain swelling
  • Brain aneurysm
  • Chiari malformation
  • Any condition that causes cerebrospinal fluid pressure, flow or buildup

Craniosacral therapy should not replace evaluation or treatment by a licensed medical provider. Seek prompt medical care for new or unexplained symptoms such as a sudden severe headache, numbness, weakness or vision changes.

Craniosacral therapy has a loyal following and a skeptical research community. A practitioner uses light touch on the skull, neck, spine and sacrum.

Whether it does more than that is a different question. More recent reviews have reached less favorable conclusions than the earlier evidence. So it helps to know how the evidence has changed before booking a session.

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02 Mar

Posted at 19:57h in Author Interviews, Pain Research
Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Michalsen Stiftungsprofessur für klinische Naturheilkunde Institut für Sozialmedizin, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsökonomie Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Immanuel Krankenhaus BerlinMedicalResearch.com Interview with: Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Michalsen Stiftungsprofessur für klinische Naturheilkunde Institut für Sozialmedizin, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsökonomie Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Chronic neck and back pain is an increasing health care problem in Europe and the U.S. Chronic neck pain is associated with distress and there is a need to evaluate methods of stress reduction in the management of chronic neck pain. The main findings of this trial were, that an 8-week meditation program teaching a traditional meditation technique, Jyoti meditation, leads to significant pain relief and reduced pain-related bothersomeness.