THERAPEUTIC TOUCH HELPING DNA SYNTHESIS AND BONE MINERALIZATION

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) techniques are commonly used in hospitals and private medical facilities; however, the effectiveness of many of these practices has not been thoroughly studied in a scientific manner. Developed by Dr Dolores Krieger and Dora Kunz, Therapeutic Touch is one of these CAM practices and is a highly disciplined five-step process by which a practitioner can generate energy through their hands to promote healing.

There are numerous clinical studies on the effects of TT but few in vitro studies. The purpose of this study was to determine if Therapeutic Touch had any effect on osteoblast (bone cell) proliferation, differentiation, and mineralization in vitro. TT was performed twice a week for 10 min each on human osteoblasts and on an osteosarcoma-derived cell line (cancerous cells).

No significant differences were found in DNA synthesis at 1 or 2 weeks for cancerous cells or 1 week for bone cells. However, after four TT treatments in 2 weeks, TT significantly increased bone DNA synthesis compared to controls. Immunocytochemistry for Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) confirmed these data.

At 2 weeks in differentiation medium, TT significantly increased mineralization in bone cells and decreased mineralization in cancer cells, compared to controls. Additionally, Northern blot analysis indicated a TT-induced increase in mRNA expression for Type I collagen, bone sialoprotein, and alkaline phosphatase in bone cells and a decrease of these bone markers in cancer cells.

In conclusion, Therapeutic Touch appears to increase human osteoblast DNA synthesis, differentiation and mineralization, and decrease differentiation and mineralization in a human osteosarcoma-derived cell line.

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Super Healthy Tip...

Wow – how did the good cells know to do the right thing when influenced by TT – that is – they reproduced? And, at the same time, bad cells knew to also do the right thing – the opposite – they grew less!

One of the principle philosophies that I try to teach people is that their body is intelligent – and as a result if you set up the right conditions – the body will do the right thing. But if we live in the wrong conditions – internally or externally imposed – the wrong things can start to happen – pain, illness, dysfunction, disease.

This research takes this concept even further by suggesting that positive changes can happen in cells when positively influenced by another’s touch. This is the same effect that every Chiropractor tried to have on all of their patients when they adjust someone – the chiropractic form of TT.

Now I would probably get locked up for suggesting that an adjustment would reverse the growth of a cancerous lump, but this research does open the door to suggest that this may not be beyond imagination.