Canadian Osteo Bradley Dundas has rightly pointed out that there is too little discussion of techniques and treatment on Sacral Musings, and too much whingeing about politics. (of which I stand guilty as charged.)

Much of this, I feel, is due to UK osteos abandoning their "holistic" heritage and metamorphosing into minor orthopaedic technicians, indistinguishable (in the public mind) from physiotherapists - whose treatment is free. No wonder many of us are struggling.

So in an attempt to redress the balance, can I start a discussion on one of the areas osteos used to treat on a regular basis - digestive dysfunction.

A friend of my brother's is a research pharmacologist. His area of interest is drugs for GERD. Apparently his statistics show that a significant percentage of GERD sufferers derive little of no benefit from prescribed medication, and that the pharmacologists cannot find a reason for this.

Now, if structural factors were considered, many of these sufferers would find relief from their symptoms. I myself have had good results in treating this condition using NMT of the abdomen - especially the deactivation of trigger points in the external obliques and rectus abdominis, and treating the intercostal Chapman's reflexes.

Has anyone else had experience in treating GERD and if so, would they care to share their techniques?