Today (13.11.24), the Telegraph reports on the Perrin Technique with the article entitled ‘It’s the illness that has no cure. But this doctor believes he’s found answer to chronic fatigue syndrome'.
By Boudicca Fox-Leonard
Dr Charles Shepherd, Honorary Medical Adviser to the ME Association provided the journalist with a comment on the Perrin Technique.
Extracts
The registered osteopath and neuroscientist hypothesised that ME (also known as chronic fatigue syndrome) was caused by a compromised lymphatic system. The lymphatics, which are controlled by the autonomic nervous system, were, he believed, draining the wrong way and pushing toxins back into the brain.
MEA Comment
“In the absence of any sound scientific evidence to support the model of causation upon which this alternative treatment is based, and the lack of any sound evidence from well conducted clinical trials to confirm the safety and efficacy of using osteopathy and lymphatic drainage to remove toxins from the body, this is not a form of alternative treatment for ME/CFS that is recommended by either the ME Association or the NICE guideline on ME/CFS.”
Dr Charles Shepherd,
Trustee and Hon. Medical Adviser to the ME Association,
Member of the 2018-2021 NICE guideline on ME/CFS committee,
Member of the 2002 Chief Medical Officer's Working Group on ME/CFS
More Information
- See the full NICE Guidelines | 29 October 2021