{"id":3222,"date":"2026-05-24T08:18:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T06:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andromeda-osteopathie.nl\/geen-onderdeel-van-een-categorie\/het-zal-wel-placebo-zijn\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T09:45:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T07:45:53","slug":"het-zal-wel-placebo-zijn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andromeda-osteopathie.nl\/en\/publicaties-en\/het-zal-wel-placebo-zijn\/","title":{"rendered":"It must be a placebo…"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]”It must be a placebo…”
\nA thought I hear often. And honestly? It is a valid question. <\/p>\n

How do you know if a treatment truly stimulates the self-healing capacity\u2014and isn’t just a temporary placebo effect?<\/p>\n

For me, there are two important indicators:
\n1. The (often intense) after-effects in the first few days following treatment
\n2. The long-term evaluation<\/p>\n

As in this case, which truly energizes me.<\/p>\n

A 14-year-old dedicated soccer player came to me with persistent complaints in her hip, groin, and knee. She had been struggling with this since the age of 11\u2014playing injury-free had long since ceased to be a given. <\/p>\n

Safety tests were negative. Previous medical trajectories had yielded no lasting results. Provocation tests of the hip immediately triggered recognizable pain. Rotation proved to be limited. <\/p>\n

My attention was initially drawn to the connective tissue at the level of the brainstem\u2014an area essential for muscle tension regulation.<\/p>\n

Presumably caused by an old and severe injury: a fall from a climbing frame at the age of 3.<\/p>\n

After the first treatment:
\n\u2022 Increase in pain in the groin, hip, and knee
\n\u2022 Extreme fatigue
\n\u2022 Noticeable warmth for three days
\nAfterward: a clear decrease in pain symptoms.<\/p>\n

In the two subsequent sessions, we worked on intraosseous tension of the sacrum\u2014presumably originating from a fall on a trampoline when she was 7.<\/p>\n

Here too, there was a strong reaction with an increase in groin and knee pain, followed by structural improvement.<\/p>\n

Four months after the initial consultation: symptom-free.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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