Info Asking For Review Of Chiropractic & Osteopathic Boards Of Australia
Friends of Science inwards Medcine made 2 submissions to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) requesting reviews of the actions of the Chiropractic Board of Commonwealth of Australia (CBA) too the Osteopathic Board of Commonwealth of Australia (OBA). The reports raised serious questions well-nigh the integrity of both the CBA too the OBA.
Consequently, their mightiness to discharge their statutory obligation to protect the populace from inappropriate too unjustifiable behavior on the usage of many of their registrants was besides brought into question.
H5N1 review of the 360 courses approved yesteryear the CBA for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) identified that upwardly to one-third of courses were based on pseudoscience or made exaggerated claims of efficacy.
'Cranial osteopathy' is a belief that at that spot is a 'cranial rhythm' inwards the cranium, sacrum, cerebrospinal fluid too membranes enveloping the 'craniosacral system'; that they tin forcefulness out last detected too measured solely yesteryear their practitioner’s hands; too that expert wellness requires the 'balance' too 'flow' of this rhythm. FSM identified a reveal of 'cranial osteopathy' courses for mutual childhood weather condition such equally Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), asthma, allergies, bed-wetting, colic too ear infection, all of which are unremarkably referred to on osteopathic websites equally weather condition amenable to cranial manipulation. Other courses identified include obstetrics too gynaecology, paediatrics, visceral osteopathy too osteopathic neurology.
FSM asked AHPRA to investigate the CBA too the OBA too to seriously reckon dismissing their electrical current Boards.
Both Victoria University too RMIT osteopathy degrees promote cranial osteopathy.