At Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Tina Shelby wrote:
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>Hi all,
>
>I just got something from Clear Passages in Florida about treatment of
>adhesions and infertility with physical therapy. Treatment consists of
>physical therapy and massage to address pelvic adhesions, pain and poor
>organ function. In the process of providing this type of PT they are showing
>a 50% success rate in reversing infertility with women are infertile due to
>adhesion, blocked tubes, mechanical, or unknow causes. They stress that the
>clinical studies are ongoing, no scientific studies prove that their
>treatment reduces infertility. They add that the their oldest successful
>infertility reversal was 41-year-old patient after 11 hours of therapy and
>the lowest number was 5 treatment hours before achieving a successful
>full-term pregnancy.
>
>They also note that patients with pain complaints tend to notice positive
>changes quickly, often within the first few treatments.
>
>They have gotton some national press and are now looking for patients for
>the research study. If you would like more information, they will send you
>what they mailed me. Included was the research article, in interview with a
>radio station, pateint questionnaire, magazine articles that talk about
>their conservative treatment, a pamplet that describes adhesions/treatment
>and a letter about the research.
>
>Just let me know and I will send you their address. I will add again, that I
>have not tried this approach so I can not tell you of a personal experience.
>I know that some have had very good experiences.
>
>Tina
-- Ellen Cecchetti