Learning of Osteopathy, the father called us in to examine and treat the child, who was absolutely helpless and in almost a dying condition. After four weeks of treatment the little one could walk, and in four months was able to attend school for the first time in her brief career. The above results in such hopeless cases as this are the exception and not the rule. No cure in Osteopathy. No cure in Osteopathy.
Chronic form is usually diathetic, due to struma, gout, rheumatism, etc.
Place the hand in the axilla, with the other grasp the patient s wrist, giving gentle but quite strong extension of the arm. Great care must be exercised, in giving the above treatment, to give the patient no unnecessary pain, seeking to free the circulation, and stretch the muscles a little each treatment until the desired results are obtained. Treatment should be given every other day. In case the difficulty is in any other joint of the arm, the same treatment will apply, being particularly thorough in the immediate region of the affection. Placing one hand against the sacrum, the other on the knee, draw the limb slowly backward as far as possible.