Rant: Cranial OMM is easily the biggest waste of time. This is complete quackery.

To preface this, I really like OMM when it comes to ganglionic releases, GI disorders, and sports med applications. However, cranial is easily the biggest load of crap I've ever experienced in my life. In fact, it makes me embarrassed to be a DO student. I have spent hours in lab trying to feel pulsations and fluctuations in spinal fluid and the CRI (cranial rhythmic impulse). My hands were just awkwardly placed on my partner's head with the lights turned off and they expect me to palpate... Read more
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