This week Chelsea and V have a very special guest, one of their fellow students, the wonderful Kristen O'Connell. Kristen is a PT and massage therapist. We talk all things Osteopathy as well as food, health fitness, being your own health advocate and she introduces us to the shot "Car Bombs".  Don't worry, V still has a medical story that leaves Chelsea horrified.

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This week Chelsea introduces us to the unsung hero of anatomy, lymph, and talks about reiki as an alternative therapy. We have a discussion around narrative based medicine and V lets into the magical world of Painless Parker.

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This week V talks to us all about the joints of the body and gets deep into various different brain scans. Chelsea has an Osteopathy tale about Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) and is now banned from medical stories (for a while) as she tells us about Dr Cotton and his Focal Sepsis Theory.

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This week V gets us deep into bones in A+P and keeping within the theme, tells us the history of X-Rays and CT scans. Chelsea finishes off what V started last week by talking about the second 2 principles of Osteopathy and tells us the tale of Isabelle Dinoire and the world's first partial face transplant.
Trigger warning: some listeners may find the description of Isabelle's injury disturbing. Mention of suicide.

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This week Chelsea talks hormones when she gives us an overview to the Endocrine System, and introduces us to the controversial practice of Homeopathy. V starts our discussion around the principles of Osteopathy and has a medical tale involving snake oil.

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This week Chelsea takes us through one of her favourite A+P topics, the Autonomic Nervous System, as well as an Osteopathy tale from one of their fellow students . V introduces us to kinesiology taping and tells us all about the mysterious story of the "Dancing Plague".

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This week Chelsea and V dispel all of your fears and talk about what to expect from your first Osteopathy appointment. Chelsea breaks down the physiology of Action Potentials and introduces us to the world Aromatherapy, which has an incredibly interesting history, especially in Europe! V takes us down the rabbit hole and discusses Alice in Wonderland Syndrome.

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This week V introduces us to the Peripheral Nervous System and the interesting therapy of Moxibustion. Chelsea tells us about Roy's Osteopathy Tale and the medical story of Bruce Reimer and Dr Money.
This week's medical tale could be upsetting for some listeners. Trigger/Content Warning: Those that are transgender or transsexual, there is also mention of suicide and mental illness.

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This week V and Chelsea give you an introduction to the Central Nervous System (CNS), an Osteopathy tale about Functional Neurological Disorder, V starts to explore the treatment of cupping and Chelsea tells us about the interesting injury of Samuel Wood.

P.s. We had some issues with audio this week, we did the best we could. Apologies from us!

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This week Chelsea and V give you an introduction to the Nervous System, an Osteopathy tale from one of our listeners, a brief overview of acupuncture and listen to Chelsea absolutely lose her mind when V tells us the story of Phineas Gage.

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