Osteopathy Archives - Domenick J. Masiello, DO

Chronic Headaches

Homeopathy, Osteopathy / cluster headache, daily persistent headache, hemicrania continua, Hypericum, hypnic headache, menstrual headache, migraine headache, neuralgiform headache, tension headache, treatment reaction / April 25, 2014

Chronic headaches of many types can be treated effectively with both homeopathy and osteopathy. These include tension headache, migraines, cluster headaches, daily persistent headaches as well as headaches which occur before and during the menstrual period, during sleep, after coughing and from exertion. Head pain and facial pain lasting from minutes to days, one sided and bilateral, will all yield to the combination of homeopathy and osteopathy. Conventional treatment is not geared toward cure but rather continued treatment with various drugs from NSAIDs such as Indomethacin, sumatriptan type drugs such as Imitrex, beta blockers such as Propranolol, seizure medication such as Topamax, as well as Lithium, caffeine, acetaminophen and aspirin. However, my goal is always to aim for cure, not life long treatment with drugs of any kind.

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New Cholesterol Guidelines

Homeopathy, Osteopathy / C-Reactive Protein, calcium score, cholesterol, coronary artery disease, homocysteine, statin / December 29, 2013

Back in November 2013, the American Heart Association issued new cholesterol guidelines that immediately created confusion and controversy for both patients and physicians. The committee reviewed many randomized controlled clinical trials that lead to the development of a risk calculator. Factors such as sex, age, race, total cholesterol, HDL (“good cholesterol”), systolic blood pressure, treatment for elevated blood pressure, diabetes and smoking are used to generate a 10 year risk number. If that number is greater than 7.5%, then the use of a statin is recommended. This is regardless of the level of your LDL cholesterol (“bad cholesterol”). In the past, target levels of total cholesterol, HDL and LDL cholesterol were the major parameters used. The committee also announced that life style modification is the first line of treatment but also stated that no other drugs, supplements or vitamins should be used, just a statin.

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Homeopathy and Influenza

Homeopathy, Osteopathy / Andrew Taylor Still, bird flu, Gelsemium, genus epidemicus, H5N1, homeopathy, influenza, lymphatic pump, osteopathy, Samual Hahnemann / October 19, 2013

Flu vaccine efficacy has been estimated by various studies to be between 30 – 70%. The reason for the less than 100% efficacy is a phenomenon called “antigenic drift”, namely that the surface proteins on the virus change in nature from the time the strains are selected in the Spring and the vaccine is manufactured in the late summer. Your immune system is being primed with inactivated viral strains whose surface features have changed in the months since the vaccine was manufactured.

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All In The Family

Family Medicine, Homeopathy, Osteopathy / birth trauma, cranial treatment for birth trauma, family medicine, homeopathic treatment during pregnancy, homeopathic treatment for birth trauma / June 14, 2013

These days with constantly shifting insurance coverage, its difficult to keep the same doctor from year to year let alone for a lifetime. So it is that we forget what the word “family” in family medicine can mean. It means you treat families, generation to generation not just all members of one generation. And so it is with little Maggie here. She’s weeks old and had a rather difficult birth.She underwent vacuum extraction just 2 weeks earlier that left her bruised and swollen. During her mom’s pregnancy it looked like an inflamed appendix was going to lead to surgery during pregnancy. Homeopathy to the rescue.

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What is Holistic Medicine?

Family Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Homeopathy, Osteopathy / ayurvedic medicine, chi, homeopathy, prana, traditional chinese medicine, vital force / May 28, 2013

First, let me say what it is not. Holistic medicine is not alternative medicine whereby alternative substances such as herbs, vitamins, minerals and other supplements are used in place of conventional drugs. Neither is it complementary medicine whereby non-conventional therapies are added to mainstream medical practice. It is a philosophy, a way of practice in which understanding the entire person is required in order to prescribe a medication, in this case a homeopathic remedy.

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