are you sitting down?
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I found this article today on optimum seating angles. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6187080 be interested to hear anyone's comments... Continue

Started by Yan-Chee Yu. Last reply by Rachael 1 day ago.

Survey about positive and negative experiences with CAM therapies

Somebody passed on this link to me. It's a survey organised by OU looking at people's positive and negative experiences with CAM therapies (including osteopathy). The main professions who've partic... Continue

Started by Nancy 1 day ago

Entry Levels?
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Hi..this is my first post. I'm thinking of retraining as an Osteopath. I'm 44 yrs old and have not done any education (apart from a 1 yr OU course in computing). I achieved 4 O levels inc Biology a... Continue

Tagged: access course, ou, mature student

Started by Bill Prince. Last reply by Bee Varga May 8.

does anyone know anything about this guy?
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By sheer chance, I bumped into a lady who had studied with this guy http://www.jamesjealous.com/ Does anyone know anything about what he teaches?

Started by Yan-Chee Yu. Last reply by Niklas Sposato May 7.

Osteopathy 1000 interview: Sue Turner

Steve Sanet DO and osteopathic historian has a great new interview on the Osteopathy1000 website with Sue Turner, a 1979 graduate of the European School of Osteopathy. Sue discusses some more esote... Continue

Tagged: interview, osteopathy1000, sue turner

Started by Ronan May 5

memory aids
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If anyone is struggling with remembering anatomy, I've found quite a useful website with loads of helpful mneumonics.. medicalmnemonics.com If anyone knows of a good way to learn how to draw the ... Continue

Started by Camilla Oates. Last reply by Ross May 4.

Mobile phones may be more dangerous than we thought
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Dr Vini Khurana reckons that using mobile phones for 10 years or more doubles the rate of brain cancer. Continue

Tagged: phone, brain, cancer, mobile

Started by Austin. Last reply by Clement Rhein Apr 30.

tensegrity - a conflict of models
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It's been mentioned to me many times that the human body (in the biomechanical sense) can be considered using a tensegrity model (I use "a" rather than "the", because it's possible to model the bod... Continue

Started by Yan-Chee Yu. Last reply by Austin Apr 29.

Economist article: Trust me, I've got a licence
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The Economist has an alternative medicine bashing article which describes osteopathy as a "therapy reckoned particularly likely to injure patients". Professor Ernst makes an appearance too! Apr 17... Continue

Tagged: economist

Started by Ronan. Last reply by Austin Apr 29.

psychological shock and fluid movement
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I was wondering if anyone had any experience on dealing with patients who had undergone recent psychological shock, and whether they had noticed anything odd about the movement of body fluids (inte... Continue

Tagged: psychology, fluids

Started by Yan-Chee Yu. Last reply by Yan-Chee Yu Apr 27.