Osteopathic manipulative techniques for migraine treatment - Letter to the editor

Migraines have a high prevalence and are ranked sixth by the World Health Organization for years lost to disability [1]. Even though migraines are so highly ranked in terms of WHO disability years, there is little research on the use of Osteopathic Manipulation Techniques (OMT) to treat this condition. The goal of OMT is to provide minimally invasive techniques, rather than relying on invasive procedures and medications that carry side effects, to treat somatic or neurologic symptoms. Even though there is a large amount of OMT techniques that focus on cranial treatments published in osteopathic literature, there is a dearth of published studies on the effectiveness of these treatments.
Source: International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine - Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research