Crankin' said it very well . . . complementary medicine. There's so much not known about the effectiveness of these treatments. And if they are effective, what the actual mechanism is that is working.

I will be the first to admit that I have no idea why I feel better after I go to my osteopath. Could be placebo effect. Could be that he really did something that is relieving strain off of support muscles that I otherwise don't have voluntary control/access to. I have no way of knowing.

But I also get massages, and go to Pilates classes, and do my at-home PT exercises, and I think all of these things together probably do something for me.

And of course, with kids & ADHD, we're talking about a completely different animal.