For 25 years, Dr Raymond Perrin has been developing a theory on how to treat myalgic encephalomyelitis. A new brain discovery might finally help confirm it.
In 1989, a patient with myalgic encephalomyelitis came to see Dr Raymond Perrin in his capacity as an osteopath. The man had postural problems but when Perrin worked with him using osteopathic techniques something else happened. His ME got better.
There was a major problem with his theory. At that point, there was no proof that a lymphatic system of the brain even existed, never mind any problems with it draining. The blood-brain barrier was believed to stop all large molecules getting into the brain. Perrin’s theory flew in the face of accepted science.
Finally, in October this year, a study of five volunteers undergoing surgery confirmed the existence of a network of tunnels in the brain, known as the glymphatic system, that help drain waste from the brain. “COVID can be the final trigger that builds too much inflammation in the brain because the drainage isn’t working properly in the first place,” he says.Credit:To help this dysfunction, the Perrin Technique involves manual techniques that stimulate the lymph and drain it down, or upwards, towards the collarbone.
Betty Ross, British broadcaster Jonathan Ross’s daughter, who was bed bound with ME and fibromyalgia for two years, is a high-profile success story of the Perrin Technique. Asked about the scepticism around his technique, Perrin believes it is because people want to find a pill that will work, rather than a manual technique, “even though manual techniques are what cystic fibrosis sufferers rely upon to stay alive”.Dr Adrian Heald is a consultant physician in diabetes and endocrinology at Salford Royal and a research fellow at The University of Manchester involved in the assessment and treatment of chronic fatigue and long COVID.
“Chronic fatigue is an extremely complex and difficult condition to treat. It manifests in different ways in different people. But the bottom line for me is that any technique that has potential validity as an approach needs to be looked at in a formal way,” he says.
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