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Is Sacral Listening Applied in a Uniform Way?

Journal: Unpublished MSc thesis Wiener Schule für Osteopathie, Date: 2008/11, Pages: 62, type of study: mixed methods study

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Keywords:

living [9]
palpation [170]
perception [89]
picture of anatomy [1]
mixed method study [52]
osteopathic manipulative treatment [2973]
OMT [2951]
sacral listening [1]
msc thesis [22]
WSO [433]

Abstract:

This study deals with the question: Is Sacral Listening applied in a Uniform Way? The answer to this research question, which is also the title of this Master’s thesis, is based on three pillars. The first pillar is a survey of literature. Here research is undertaken, examining how the sacrum is described in osteopathic literature and what interconnections exist between palpation, perception, and interpretation. Subsequently, clarification is sought as to how Sacral Listening is viewed by different authors in literature. The second pillar consists of a quantitative survey conducted with 50 osteopaths. The goal of this survey is to establish relevance for the research question of the Master’s thesis. Questions are posed, mainly in relation to the degree of familiarity with Sacral Listening testing and its application in everyday practice. The third pillar on which this Master’s thesis is based comprises of 12 guideline-based expert interviews concerning Sacral Listening. The interview is a method of qualitative social research. The hypothesis was clearly rejected: Sacral Listening is not applied in a uniform way. This outcome was substantiated by many individual results of this study. There is great diversity in the application of the testing as well as in the frequency of its use in osteopathic practice. For some therapists it is an integral part of every osteopathic examination, for others it is a method used only in concordance with certain other criteria. A further element of disparity lies in the interpretation of what was perceived. This, in turn, is not only dependent on the intention or the approach but also on the individual inner picture of the sacrum which each osteopath has formed in his or her mind. Finally, the diversity in assessing Sacral Listening results from each therapist’s individual development in the way he sees and applies this testing. What then is the relevance of this result for osteopathy and osteopathic research? The outcome of this study has a relevance for basic research in osteopathy. The demand for a standardization on the basis of scientific research which only legitimizes what is both proven and applied in a uniform manner appears to be premature. If osteopathy was subjected to such judgement it would be castrated and would be robbed of one of its greatest tools. This observation underlies a claim made by the DO journal last year “We have to make it perfectly clear that this place [referring to the place of academicalization and scientific research] can only exist and develop right amidst the osteopathic-clinical experience and the everyday practice of dealing with the suffering of the patient. We must call for science to actually create osteopathic knowledge rather than just providing evidence about the effectiveness of osteopathy. And we must insist that scientific curiosity rather than tedious formalism determines academic research.”(Breul et al., DO 2/2008


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