Chronic fatigue syndrome (also called myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)) is a medical condition which affect a great number people (around 250.000 people have this condition according to the UK Department of Health archives (1)).

There is unfortunately no easy cure for CFS, and sometimes the most successful treatment is one of coping and symptom alleviation. It requires guidance and patient commitment.

However, research has put forward a link between CFS and the disturbance of the drainage of toxins from the brain and muscles (2). As osteopaths, we can definitely work on this aspect, but are there any other aspects where osteopathy can prove its worth?

On what should an osteopath focus specifically besides what I mentioned before when a patient presents himself with CFS?

I am a last year student at the International Academy of Osteopathy and in my two year internship that I have had so far, I found it difficult to have a good result.

(1) Annex 1: Epidemiology of CFS/ME". UK Department of Health. 2012-01-06. Archived from the original on 2012-01-06.

(2) Med.stanford.edu. (2018). Stanford Myalgic Encephalomyelitis - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | ME/CFS Initiative | Stanford Medicine. [online] Available at: http://med.stanford.edu/chronicfatiguesyndrome.html [Accessed 08 Feb. 2018].