Comments on: Tinnitus (buzzing in the ear) and Osteopathy http://osteopathsguide.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/tinnitus-buzzing-in-the-ear-and-osteopathy/ Bringing Osteopathy and the Community Together Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:58:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: marjolainedey http://osteopathsguide.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/tinnitus-buzzing-in-the-ear-and-osteopathy/#comment-21 marjolainedey Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:23:27 +0000 http://osteopathsguide.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-21 Hey I just discovered your blog. I am an osteopath, and my dissertation was on osteopathic treatment of tinnitus. As an undergraduate study, I did not have time to do a proper clinical study, so I decided to base it on a questionnaire (which you may have received 3 years ago, if the email address you gave to GOsC at the time was valid) Results showed that only half the osteopaths who replied to the study (about 200) felt competent to treat tinnitus, and half of those got at least a slight improvement in tinnitus (whether intensity or improved quality of life) in a majority of patients. As always, a number of different reasonings took place, and an even greater number of treatments occured to give similar results. However let's not forget that one of the most effective way of treating medicine in the NHS is with anti-depressants! Studies show that the intensity of the noise heard does not correlate with the resulting disability. Other therapies who aim at balancing the person as a whole also get good results. Hope this continues to get you thinking on the subject... Hey
I just discovered your blog. I am an osteopath, and my dissertation was on osteopathic treatment of tinnitus. As an undergraduate study, I did not have time to do a proper clinical study, so I decided to base it on a questionnaire (which you may have received 3 years ago, if the email address you gave to GOsC at the time was valid)

Results showed that only half the osteopaths who replied to the study (about 200) felt competent to treat tinnitus, and half of those got at least a slight improvement in tinnitus (whether intensity or improved quality of life) in a majority of patients.

As always, a number of different reasonings took place, and an even greater number of treatments occured to give similar results.

However let’s not forget that one of the most effective way of treating medicine in the NHS is with anti-depressants! Studies show that the intensity of the noise heard does not correlate with the resulting disability.
Other therapies who aim at balancing the person as a whole also get good results.

Hope this continues to get you thinking on the subject…

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