Energy Medicine

When James Oschman's book "Energy Medicine" came out in 2000, there was a great deal of attention paid within the Myofascial Release community as I knew it then. Why the attention? It cited Myofascial Release and provided "scientific" explanations for emotions being held within the collagen/connective tissue. For those strapped for proof of what they taught and practiced, Oschman's book was a gift: It provided them the proof they were seeking.

What about those who had serious issues with Oschman's views and interpretations? They were encouraged to ignore, as they simply did not "get it". Enter Harriet Hall.

Harriet Hall is a retired MD who has taken to debunk much of what Oschman wrote in "Energy Medicine" here. Most of us know that conflict exists in science and who we believe often falls in line with what we want to believe. So why believe Hall over Oschman? Read through her paper. Then chew on the last paragraph..."Science is not a matter of cherry picking whatever supports your hypothesis." and "The tragedy is that energy medicine believers now have a book whose very title may lead them to think there is "proof" that their experiences have a scientific basis."

Myofascial Release is a powerful modality with a fair bit of science that is beginning to emerge to support and explain it. The rest is grasping in the air for a bar that is out of reach.