On February 25th Dr Raymond Perrin came to Israel to talk to the Israeli Osteopathic Association about his research into chronic fatigue syndrome/ ME and the osteopathic approach to it.

The lecture began with a discussion about the anatomy and physiology of the central nervous system (CNS), the lymphatic system and the autonomic nervous system.

Dr Perrin spoke in detail about lymphatic drainage and the idea that the lymphatic system has a pump. Perrin demonstrated the relationship between the sympathetic nervous system and the the lymphatics - going back to the early principles of Andrew Taylor Still and John Martin Littlejohn.

One of the theories suggested was that if the autonomic nervous system controls the lymphatic function, then osteopathic treatment of the spine to removing somatic dysfunction one can indirectly improve the function of the lymphatic drainage.

Key words: אוסטאופת אוסטאופט אוסטאופתיה אוסטאופטיה