3 day course

Objective:

This course addresses a completely new field where the Mechanical Link has been a forerunner: the examination and osteopathic treatment of the the heart and the arteries.

Because arteries are constituted of connective tissue, they may present tissue fixations, the consequences of which are obviously disruptive to the body.

As the autonomic nervous system follows for the most part the vascular tree (vagus nerve, sympathetic chain, preaortic plexuses), the treatment of the arteries is also key in a number of autonomic dysfunctions presented by patients.

How to test and treat the cardiovascular system in osteopathy ?

 

How to test and treat the autonomic nervous system ?

 

How to appraoch the SOMATOEMOTIONAL aspect in osteopathy ?

This course will enable you to successfully apply one of A.T. Still’s fundamental concepts: the rule of the artery!

 

 

Program:

DAY 1 (8 hours)

Morning: 

Theory, demonstration and practice of the thoracic organs: larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs, pericardium and heart. Tension tests, balance tests and treatment by recoil. 

Introduction to the Mechanical Link concept applied to arteries. 

Afternoon: 

Theory, demonstration and practice of the arteries of the lower extremities. Tension tests, balance tests and treatment by recoil.                                                               

Theory, demonstration and practice of the arteries of the upper extremities. Tension tests, balance tests and treatment by recoil. 

 

 

DAY 2 (8 hours)

Morning: 

Theory and demonstration of the autonomic nervous system.

Theory, demonstration and practice of the arteries of the thorax: arch of the aorta, ligamentum arteriosum, pulmonary arteries, coronary arteries and thoracic aorta. Tension tests, balance tests and treatment by recoil. 

Afternoon: 

Theory, demonstration and practice of the arteries of the abdomen: abdominal aorta and preaortic plexuses, celiac trunk, renal arteries, superior and inferior mesenteric arteries, iliac arteries and lumbar sympathetic chain. Tension tests, balance tests and treatment by recoil. 

 

DAY 3 (8 hours)

Morning: 

Somatoemotional approach. 

The recoil - phases of mentalisation and verbalisation.

Theory, demonstration and practice of the arteries of the neck: carotid arteries, thyroid arteries, vertebral arteries.  The vagus nerve and the cervical sympathetic chain. Tension tests, balance tests and treatment by recoil. 

Afternoon: 

Summary and practice of a complete treatment of the vascular system and the autonomic nervous system.