COVID-19 mRNA OMT Randomized Controlled Trial

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Individuals must be 18 years or older.
• Individuals must provide informed consent.
• Individuals must be healthy with a BMI under 30, with no primary or secondary immune deficiency or autoimmune disease/must not be immunocompromised.
• Individuals must not be using or recently have used any immune-altering medications such as corticosteroids, cyclosporin, tacrolimus, and pimecrolimus
• Individuals must not have had lymphatic OMT or other physical manipulation such as acupuncture, physical therapy, chiropractic, or massage therapy in the previous four weeks before study enrollment.
• Individuals must have the ability to receive OMT with lymphatic techniques.
• Individuals must be able to tolerate 12 minutes of moderate physical activity.
• Individuals must not be pregnant or breastfeeding.
• Individuals must not have had a splenectomy or other spleen or oncologic surgery within the past 6 months.
• Individuals must be infection-free for the past 6 weeks before starting the study and have not received any immunizations within the past 6 weeks.
• Individuals must be willing to avoid strenuous activity at least 24 hours before each visit.
• Individuals must be willing to abstain from moderate to intense activity in the 4 hours between their 2nd blood draw and their final blood draw at each of their three visits.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Individuals are younger than 18 years of age.
• Individuals who do not provide informed consent.
• Individuals with a BMI over 30, or with primary or secondary immune deficiency or autoimmune disease or is immunocompromised.
• Individuals using or recently have used any immune-altering medications such as corticosteroids, cyclosporin, tacrolimus, and pimecrolimus
• Individuals who have had lymphatic OMT or other physical manipulation such as acupuncture, physical therapy, chiropractic, or massage therapy in the previous four weeks before study enrollment.
• Individuals who don't have the ability to receive OMT with lymphatic techniques.
• Individuals who cannot tolerate 12 minutes of moderate physical activity.
• Individuals who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
• Individuals who have had a splenectomy or other spleen or oncologic surgery within the past 6 months.
• Individuals who have had an infection in the 6 weeks before starting the study and or have received any immunizations within the past 6 weeks.
• Individuals not willing to avoid strenuous activity at least 24 hours before each visit.
• Individuals not willing to abstain from moderate to intense activity in the 4 hours between their 2nd blood draw and their final blood draw at each of their three visits.