Comments on: NeuroCranial Restructuring

By: Larry D. Burton

Larry D. Burton — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 16:33:28 +0000

Today is September 9, 2006. It has been three years and almost four months since I wrote the above posts. Since then the website I was referring to has been updated and no longer lists the long list of afflictions that NCR will cure.

I never stated that NCR was a useless procedure. I don’t know enough about it to say what it will or what it won’t cure or treat. My post only meant to imply that I’m skeptical of anything being a cure all for a list as long as the above list. I’m still skeptical.

Still, I receive hits daily referred from one search engine or another on searches for NCR. I would much rather these people refer to Dr. Stephen Barrett than me when looking for people who are wary of this procedure. But he doesn’t allow comments. I don’t think I want to any more, either.

Thanks for all the replies but this subject is closed.

By: Cranial Osteopathic Reseach

Cranial Osteopathic Reseach — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 18:09:30 +0000

There is actually a lot of science backing Cranial Osteopathy. For instance:

Osteopathy Means Fewer Ear Infections
A study published in Arch Pediatrics in 2003 showed that children with recurrent middle ear infections, who received Osteopathic manipulation, had fewer ear infections, needed less surgery (to place tubes), and had more normal hearing studies (tympanograms) than children who did not. “No adverse reactions were reported” in the study.

The article concluded that: “The results of this study suggest a potential benefit of osteopathic manipulative treatment as adjuvant [in addition to routine pediatric care] therapy in children with recurrent AOM [acute otitis media]; it may prevent or decrease surgical intervention or antibiotic overuse.”

Osteopathy Means Fewer Drugs and Fewer Expenses to Back Pain Sufferers
A study in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1999 compared Osteopathic spinal manipulation with standard care for patients with low back pain. The “osteopathic-treatment group required significantly less medication (analgesics, antiinflammatory agents, and muscle relaxants) and used less physical therapy.” The “differences in cost were significant.”

This article concludes that: “Given the known and potentially serious adverse effects and costs or nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug therapy, the achievement of equal outcomes in regard to pain relief, function, and satisfaction, with less use of medication and physical therapy, suggests an important benefit of osteopathic manipulative treatment; this type of treatment deserves careful examination through a formal cost-benefit analysis.”

Osteopathic Treatment Results in Positive Gains in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy
A study published in the journal of Clinical Pediatrics in 2004 compared parental perceptions of 23 children, diagnosed with cerebral palsy, who were treated by osteopathic manipulation as compared to 19 children who were not (the control group). Over a twenty-four week course of therapy, “twenty-one of the 23 parents of the children in the osteopathic group reported improvement in their child during the course of the therapies.”

By: Larry D. Burton

Larry D. Burton — Sun, 28 May 2006 22:56:37 +0000

Patricia, I posted that right at three years ago. Since then the website has changed an no longer lists the entire list of syptoms I list above as being curable by NCR. Had the site stated that sinus problems could be cured by NCR I wouldn’t have had any reason at all to doubt it. I would have even gone as far as accepting that it could have a positive effect on ear infections and muscle spasms. What I have a problem with is the length and breadth of the list. It just sounds too incredible to me. After I started getting the comments I’ve gotten on this post I looked into some studies concerning NCR. They don’t give it very high marks.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Sun, 28 May 2006 18:56:27 +0000

Larry,
When we were teenagers, my sisters were in a car accident that left one of them with a lot of headaches and a large bump on her forehead. For three years my mother took her to physicians and naturopaths without any successful resolution of her problems. She heard of Dr. Howell from a friend and got my sister one four-day session of NCR. After the treatment the bump on her forehead was gone, she didn’t have a headache for three years and has not had a sinus infection since (10 years have passed). These are obviously just the results that my sister had, but I think that any therapy that provides those type results is one that deserves a bit less sarcasm and a bit more research on the part of those who are searching for something to help them with a health problem.

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 18:47:43 +0000

Larry, You’ra ll wet on NCR. NCR eliminated a liflong problem being badly hunched over and this fixed it and my back is now fine AFTER 39 YEARS OF SUFFERING! Could you do this? Don’t make me laugh. Good thing I didn’t listen to you!

Dr. Dean Howell in Wasington State deserves Nobel Prize consideration.