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The Wurn Technique is a physical therapy technique used as a form of alternative medicine that promoters assert can be used to treat pain, infertility, sexual dysfunction and adhesion-related conditions. The technique was developed by physical therapist Belinda Wurn and massage therapist Larry Wurn and is administered by therapists at their Clear Passage Physical Therapy clinics.
The Wurn Technique was originally developed as a treatment used on Belinda Wurn for pain that developed after radiation therapy for cervical cancer. The Wurns investigated alternative methods to address her pain which included manual therapy techniques, and developed this technique and ultimately opened a group of clinics to provide this service.
Preliminary studies done as pilot studies were published by the Wurns in 2004. This technique has been deemed experimental/investigational by Aetna Insurance Company because it has deemed that two studies published in 2004 are inadequate evidence in the medical literature for its effectiveness.