Have you ever heard of Naprapathy? Well, I never had - not until I had read Serena Gordon's article on WashingtonPost.com. It's still a relatively obscure modality, according to Ms. Gordon.

Gordon quotes Dr. Paul Maguire, president of the National College of Naprapathic Medicine in Chicago:
"Naprapathy is hands-on connective tissue manipulation therapy, plus nutritional counseling," said Dr. Paul Maguire, . "It's noninvasive, so there's no downside to it, and it's a feel-good type of treatment that gets results."

It turns out that Naprapathy is 100 years old. It treats connective-tissue pain through various means.

"Naprapathic medicine treats connective-tissue pain by using hands-on manipulation, nutritional counseling and, sometimes, therapeutic "modalities," such as heat, ultrasound, or cold laser therapy. Connective tissue, which includes ligaments, tendons and muscle, is the material inside the body that supports many of its parts.

There are a host of conditions that are supposedly treatable by Naprapathy:

"Conditions that may be helped by naprapathy include carpal tunnel syndrome, back pain, headaches, neck pain, knee strain, sciatica, shoulder pain and tennis elbow, according to Maguire."

Ms Gordon also includes some statistics to support the claims of Naprapathy's effectiveness.

"A recent study published in The Clinical Journal of Pain that included more than 400 people with back or neck pain found that those treated with naprapathic medicine were more likely to have symptom relief and less disability...

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