A groundbreaking study from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) has, for the first time, confirmed the existence of a functioning glymphatic system in living humans — a theory central to the Perrin Technique!
Researchers recruited five volunteers undergoing neurosurgery between 2020-2023. During the procedure, the volunteers received an injection of a dye (gadolinium) into their cerebrospinal fluid, followed by MRI scans to trace the dye’s movement through the brain. The results, published on October 7, 2024, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), show cerebrospinal fluid flowing through perivascular spaces, detailing a waste-clearance network in the brain
This mapping of pathways that clear neurotoxins to the body’s lymphatic and venous systems offers powerful validation for Dr. Perrin’s approach to treating ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia, long COVID, and other conditions.
The wait is almost over! ‘Through the Looking Glass: Diagnosing and Treating Long COVID Using The Perrin Technique’ hits the shelves next Thursday, November 7!
Through the Looking Glass takes readers through what long COVID is and how the symptoms can be reversed using lymphatic drainage of the brain. For a first look, our publisher Hammersmith Health Books is offering a preview of the first chapter on their website:
In this practical handbook, Dr. Perrin spells out the basics of ‘why’ and ‘how’ to use the Perrin Technique to underpin recovery from long COVID and restore healthy lymphatic drainage from the brain following COVID-19 infection or vaccination. He brings together what is now known about the virus and its long-term consequences with his research and clinical experience of more than 30 years to offer solutions that can restore health, as the many case histories included in the book illustrate.
The foreword is written by Dr. Yassine Bendiabdallah, a Functional Medicine Specialist, who shares how he discovered the Perrin Technique during his own journey with long COVID, finding it to be a “comprehensive, evidence-based approach” that transformed his recovery. He now considers it an indispensable part of his therapeutic toolkit for treating post-viral conditions.
This highly anticipated book is currently available for pre-order across many major online booksellers worldwide!
We are pleased to share that Rashlin Bhachu, a patient of Advanced Perrin Technique Practitioner Rakhee Mediratta, has been featured in an episode on Raelan Agle’s popular YouTube channel to discuss her journey with ME/CFS and how the Perrin Technique has played a pivotal role in her recovery.
In this episode, Rashlin shares how she was always working hard, training for marathons and pushing herself on a physical level however all that changed after she got COVID in 2020.
“The CFS/ME got to a stage where I couldn’t function anymore. I couldn’t get out of bed without help and brushing my teeth felt like i was lifting 50kg weights. I truly did not understand what had happened and was lost, overwhelmed and confused.
What I found very helpful about the Perrin Technique was it was the first type of examination that I had where someone said you’re presenting signs of chronic fatigue syndrome.
I was seeing a practitioner [Rakhee Mediratta] on a weekly basis who understood what I was going through because she was working with people who have CFS/ME and Long Covid, so I felt very seen and very heard.“
– Rashlin Bhachu
Rashlin now works as a Fatigue Coach and NLP Practitioner. You can catch the full episode, which appears on Raelan Agle’s YouTube channel, via the link below:
We are thrilled to announce that Dr Ray Perrin’s much-anticipated book on long COVID will be out on 7th of November, 2024 and is available to pre-order on Amazon now!
Through the Looking Glass: Diagnosing and Treating Long COVID using The Perrin Technique takes readers through what long COVID is and how the symptoms can be reversed using lymphatic drainage of the brain.
Topics in the book include:
How long COVID affects the body
The role of toxins in long COVID
Diagnosing long COVID
Long COVID and comorbidities
Treating long COVID using the Perrin Technique
Self help advice
The role of the hypothalamus, the SLYM and the CSF canalicular system
Supplements
Advice on other treatments that may help
The back cover of the book reads:
In March 2020, when the world was in turmoil in trying to respond to a novel virus of which even the symptoms, let alone the long-term consequences, were in doubt, Dr Raymond Perrin predicted that thousands – potentially millions – would be affected by what has come to be called ‘long COVID’. His prediction – published online in the Journal of Medical Hypotheses in June 2020 as the paper ‘Into the looking glass: Post-viral syndrome post COVID-19’ – was based on his long study of neuro-lymphatics, how the body’s detox and drainage system interacts with the nervous system in health and disease.
Sadly for those many millions of people, that prediction has become a reality. More hopefully, Dr Perrin’s understanding of neuro-lymphatics has made it possible to offer a solution, based on his many years of developing the Perrin Technique to help ME/CFS and fibromyalgia patients recover.
Now, in this practical handbook, Dr Perrin spells out the basics of WHY and HOW to use the Perrin Technique to underpin recovery from long COVID and restore healthy lymphatic drainage from the brain following COVID-19 infection or vaccination. He brings together what is now known about the virus and its long-term consequences with his research and clinical experience of more than 30 years to offer solutions that can restore health, as the many case histories included here illustrate.
Through the Looking Glass takes readers through the confusion around what long COVID really is and out the other side where it is possible to have a clearer view of what treatment will work and why.
Over the weekend of June 22 – 23 2024, New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) played host to the inaugural Conference on Osteopathic Research and Knowledge (CORK).
Dr. Perrin flew to New York to join world renowned DO’s in an inspirational learning, teaching and networking setting, which also included celebrating the 150th year of Osteopathy!
On the first day of CORK, Dr. Perrin presented his lecture “The Osteopathic Techniques for diagnosis and treatment of Long COVID” (above) which was followed by a hands-on workshop in the afternoon of Day 2.
Dr. Perrin is pictured below at the conference reception celebrating the 150th birthday of osteopathy alongside keynote speaker Prof. Hollis King (left), one of the leading US osteopathic teachers and research professors.
On the right hand side of the poster is Ira Monka, president of the American Osteopathic Association, as well as Alice Chen, an osteopath and scientist from San Diego, who was also a speaker at CORK this year.
Congratulations to NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine and Dr. Jordan Keys for a scintillating conference! NYIT also hosted a post-CORK event on the Perrin Technique™, with the three-day workshop taking place in Old Westbury, bringing together healthcare professionals eager to expand their knowledge of the technique.
The newly licensed practitioners who completed the workshop and are now certified to practice the Perrin Technique™ include:
Dr. Lawrence Barnard, DO (New York)
Dr. Ryan Christensen, DO (Michigan)
Dr. Lewis Bass, DO (New York)
Bethany Fancher, LMT (Tennessee/New York)
It was also a pleasure to welcome existing PnT Practitioners Jena Blackwood and Dr. Patricia Kooyman, DO to the workshop, who are pictured above alongside the workshop class.
Patty, a licensed Perrin Technique practitioner and NYIT faculty member, re-attended the full workshop to gain even more expertise when dealing with the increasing number of patients attending the Long Island Clinic.
Other leading NYIT School of Osteopathic Medicine Faculty members who attended as much of the workshop as possible was organiser Dr. Jordan Keys, Director of the Osteopathic Medicine Center and her colleagues Dr. To Li and Dr. Sheldon Yao, chair of the Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine at NYIT.
At the beginning of June, Dr. Perrin was lecturing at Panta Rhei in the Netherlands.
Panta Rhei, founded in the early 2000s, is an agency that organises postgraduate courses for osteopathy, inviting guest lecturers from the Netherlands and abroad.
The 3-day masterclass, held on 30 May – 1 June, was the largest workshop yet with 25 attendees, and 16 of those becoming licensed Perrin Technique Practitioners!
A very warm welcome to:
Vedran Vlahović (Croatia)
Sibylle Graf (Switzerland)
Laurent Lemahieu (Belgium)
Dr Birgit Niemann (Germany)
Saskia van Muijlwijk (Netherlands)
Heidi Fernagut (Belgium)
Marijke Neuteboom-Mels (Netherlands)
Eveline Hoogeboom (Netherlands)
Maria van Veldhuizen (Netherlands)
Annemieke Bakker-Kok (Netherlands)
Natasha Stigter-Haydon (Netherlands)
Martin Kalter (Netherlands)
Liesbeth Helderweirdt-van Riessen (Netherlands)
Louliko Shibao (Spain)
Jelica VlaićIvakić (Croatia)
Nicole Peeters (Netherlands)
Dr. Perrin was assisted at this workshop by Kerrie Austin, one of our Advanced Perrin Technique Practitioners. It is a great pleasure to announce that Kerrie, based in South Africa, has now become qualified to teach the Perrin Technique™ moving forwards!
Thank you all for a fantastic workshop and of course to Panta Rhei for inviting Dr. Perrin to lecture in the Netherlands.
Kerrie Austin, Advanced PnT Practitioner in South Africa, was recently interviewed on the TV show Real Health to discuss ME/CFS.
Real Health is a lifestyle show that invites guests from the Heath & Wellness sector to share their knowledge on the issues affecting health, and the solutions that are available.
“I was recently interviewed by Michael Porter on the Real Health show. We discussed ME/CFS, what it is and how we can diagnose and treat it. I was thrilled to discus this debilitating disease as many patients go undiagnosed and untreated their whole lives.“ – Kerrie Austin, Advanced Perrin Technique Practitioner
Spain welcomes their first licensed Perrin Technique Practitioner!
Earlier this month, Dr. Perrin travelled to San Roque to train up budding Perrin Technique Practitioners and it was a pleasure to welcome Andrea Clac, Josefina Martin Méndez and Chris Pfleger to the workshop.
Congratulations to Josefina who is the first practitioner on the map in Spain, and we look forward to welcoming both Andrea and Chris on board in due course!
12th May is International ME/CFS Awareness Day, also promoted as World ME Day.
On this important day, organisations and individuals recognise and support the millions of people world-wide who are affected by ME/CFS and other chronic immunological and neurological diseases by raising public awareness.
Our patients deserve all the recognition in the world, navigating through the debilitating conditions ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and now Long COVID.
Today we wanted to take the opportunity to celebrate YOU by sharing some achievements made on your recovery journeys with The Perrin Technique.
This significant day coincides with the 55th anniversary since the World Health Organisation (WHO) officially acknowledged ME/CFS in their International Classification of Diseases.
ME/CFS Awareness Day was established to combat the widespread misunderstanding and stigmatisation associated with the condition. Over the years, it has grown into a significant global observance, driving international efforts to enhance the quality of life for those affected. Today, and every day, we stand with the ME/CFS community as a #GlobalVoiceForME
