starts week of February 1st, 2021
Part 1. Understanding & Assessing the Cranial Mechanism
This course is the first of our new Cranial Osteopathy online series. It contains eight chapters. Each chapter contains instructional theory and videos, and homework assignments with are due at the end of the course in order to achieve a 25 hour Certificate of Completion. You get access to the downloadable and printable Workbook immediately upon enrollment, as well as access to the Introductory chapters to help you get organized before starting this course.
In Part 1 of this series, you will learn the important Anatomy, Physiology, and Biomechanics of the Cranial Mechanism. You will begin to develop your palpation skills to locate each bone, suture, and whether each bone in the Cranial Mechanism has full Amplitude, and how to correct Restricted range of motion . An emphasis on Hand Placement and refining your palpation skills is taught through many instructional videos. You will come away from this course having a solid foundation for understanding and assessing the various aspects of the Cranial Mechanism, to prepare you for future courses in this series, or other ICEO courses where cranial techniques are part of the treatment protocols.
Please scroll down to read the course curriculum for detailed information.
Who this course is for:
This is the first introductory course in this series, suitable for all Manual Therapists of Practitioners with an interest in learning the basics and incorporating Cranial Osteopathy into their practice. Osteopaths (DOs) & Manual Osteopathic Practitioners (DOMPs), Registered Massage Therapists (RMTs) , Physiotherapists ( PTs), and Athletic Therapists are among the Practitioners who will have a particular interest in this course.
If you have never studied the tangible, BIOMECHANICAL MODEL of Cranial Osteopathy, and wish to take a more structured, anatomical approach to understanding the Cranial Mechanism and your clinical assessment,s this course is also for you. Practitioners who had only a cursory or brief overview of Cranial Osteopathy during their training would also benefit from taking this course series.
For those Practitioners who have experience with the more energetic forms of CranioSacral Treatment, such as Uppledger's CranioSacral or the Biodynamic Model are beneficial when seeking a more diffuse and energetic approach to healing, but when you encounter specific conditions such as Congestion Headaches, Vertigo, Sinusitis, Trigeminal Neuralgia, or Upper Cervical Misalignments related to dysfunctions within the anatomical functioning of the Cranial Mechanism, learning how to treat the Cranium from a more concrete biomechanical perspective will provide more tangible and predictable results within your treatments. Students who have trained and even mastered these more energetic approaches will benefit greatly from this course, as it will round out and complete your education and understanding of the Cranium.
This course is a pre-requisite for:
This course is a pre-requisite for students who do not have a minimum of 30 classroom hours of training in a biomechanical model of Cranial Osteopathy who wish to enroll in the following online courses:
Cranial Techniques and Advanced Treatment Protocols in Pediatric Osteopathy
Treating the Obstetrical Patient Throughout All Of The Stages of Pregnancy: an Osteopathic Approach
Students do have the option of taking this Cranial Osteopathy course concurrently while enrolling in any of the above mentioned courses.
If you are unsure if your prior training exempts you from taking this pre-lease review the course curriculum below.
What you will learn:
Through this course, you will learn to identify & treat all the major components of the Cranial Mechanism. You will learn the outline and relative positioning of each cranial bone, the location of each suture, how the cranial mechanism works, how the venous sinus system drains, and more. You will learn how to treat and correct the cranial mechanism, how to balance its rhythms in order to be able to provide relief for your patient using a very tangible, scientific, anatomically based approach
Although this is Part I and designed to give the anatomical and functional basics, you will come away with sufficient knowledge to treat basic conditions such as congestion headaches, fatigue, and includes cranial osteopathy into your treatments where full body alignments is crucial for symptom relief.
What this course contains:
Each chapter contains audio explanations with images as well as video demonstrations of the concepts and palpation techniques for each chapter, as well as homework practice assignments. The course in total is awarded twenty course hours, which include both online theory learning as well as your own practice time and homework submissions.
Unique Assessment Sheets and Clinical Practice Sheets for beginners, all designed by the Instructor are included, and more. These tools help you learn how to palpate for and diagnose each component of the Cranial Mechanism in a step by step manner that takes the guesswork out of palpation and diagnosis. This learning approach was designed by Maureen Hannah Maher, the course Instructor, and Cranial Osteopath for over fifteen years.
Maureen is also the author and instructor of Cranial Osteopathy Part 2 Continuing Fundamentals, which will be available online in 202, and the complete Advanced Cranial Pathologies series that she teaches in live semunars and workshops to learners who wish to build on the fundamentals of this course and go on to effectively treatment more complex but common cranial pathologies. But to do this, one needs to start with the fundamentals, which you will acquire in this course.
What you will need:
Access to a printer to print the Workbook and Worksheets for practice
Order a practice doll like the one you see in the video below.
What you get:
A download able and printable version of the Workbook is available immediately upon enrollment as well as the Introductory chapter.
Certificates of Completion are awarded to Participants who complete the course. Certificates can be submitted to their respective associations for CPDs / CEUs or can be displayed in their clinics.
Join us online and learn how Cranial Osteopathy can be incorporated into your Bodywork practice today!
Have a question about this course ? Did you read the course curriculum? If you still have a question, please feel free to email the Instructor at [email protected]
If you are on a limited budget about would like to pay in three monthly payments
If you are on a limited budget about would like to pay in three monthly payments
This course is also available as a Self-Paced course that you can start at any time and work through each chapter at your own, faster pace. This approach is helpful for students who need to master the fundamentals of Cranial Osteopathy quickky as a pre-requisite to taking another course, or students who have alot of free time and can handle learning and practicing more than one chapter per week.
Please scroll down to the bottom of this page to find the option to enroll in the Self-Paced version of this course.
Course Curriculum
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Introduction & Overview with your Instructor
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Why the audio lessons for this chapter have been created
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Why Cranial Osteopathy Is An Essential Part Of Any Treatment
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Is This Course Appropriate for Me?
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How Can I Possibly Learn Cranial Osteopathy Online?
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What Are the Different Forms of Cranial Treatment?
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How This Course Works And What To Expect
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Using The Demonstration Videos to Perfect Your Palpation Skills
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The Workbook & Buying a Practice Skull
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Download & Print the Workbook
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Buying a Practice Skull
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Chapter 1: The Fundamental Concepts of Cranial Osteopathy
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Meet the Father of Cranial Osteopathy William Garner Sutherland, D.O.
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How this Discovery Happened and Why its Important
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How Cranial Osteopathy relates to the History of CranioSacral Therapy
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How "form determines function" applies to Cranial Osteopathy
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Chapter 2. The Cranial Bones
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Introduction to this Chapter
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Using the Practice Chart
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Video Demonstration - Overview of the Cranial Bones
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Video Demonstration - The Occiput
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Video Demonstration - The Frontal Bone
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Video Demonstration - The Sphenoid
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Video Demonstration - The Temporal Bones
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Video Demonstration - The Parietal Bones
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Instructions how to complete homework
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DOWNLOAD: Practice Chart Anatomy of the Cranial Bones
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DOWNLOAD: The Cranial Bones
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Chapter 3: The Cranial Sutures
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Is a Suture a Joint?
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Why are sutures so important anyway?
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Cranial Suture Anatomy
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What's in an Name? Locating and Naming the Suture
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Upper View of the Cranial Sutures
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Posterior View of the Cranial Sutures
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Common examples of suture pathology & their role in Cranial Dysfunctions
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VIDEO DEMONSTRATION: locating the sutures - superior view (start 1 min 27 secs)
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VIDEO DEMONSTRATION: locating the Occipito-Temporal Suture
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VIDEO DEMONSTRATION: locating the sutures - posterior view
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Instructions for Treating Suture Compaction with the V Spread Technique
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VIDEO DEMONSTRATION Treating Suture Compaction with the V-Spread Technique
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Instructions how to complete homework
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HOMEWORK & DOWNLOAD: Practicing Suture Anatomy
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HOMEWORK & DOWNLOAD: Instructions for Treating Suture Compaction
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Chapter 4: The Cranial Meninges
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Meninges ? Another word for Cranial Connective Tissue
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The Structure of the Cranial Meninges
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What do they do? Functional Anatomy of Cranial Meninges
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The Inter-Dependent Role of Meninges from an Osteopathic Perspective
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The Role of Meninges in the Cranio-Sacral System
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The Concept of Reciprocal Tension Membranes
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The Falx Cerebri and the Tentorium Cerebelli
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The Vault Hold and Treating the Cranial Meninges
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VIDEO DEMONSTRATION: Global Vault Hold in Treating the Cranial Meninges
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VIDEO DEMONSTRATION: Superior Vault Hold to Treat the Parietal Region
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VIDEO DEMONSTRATION - Occipital Vault Hold to Release the Tentorium Cerebelli & Brainstem
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Instructions how to complete homework
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HOMEWORK & DOWNLOAD: Practicing the Vault Hold Procedures in Treating Cranial Meninges
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Chapter 5: The Primary Respiratory Mechanism
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The Primary Respiratory Mechanism according to Sutherland
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What purpose does the CerebroSpinal Fluid serve ?
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Why is the discovery of the Primary Respiratory Mechanism important for Osteopathy?
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What is the Cranial Rhythmic Impulse ?
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How the Primary Respiratory Mechanism Works
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What is the Sphenobasilar Symphysis ?
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What happens during Flexion ?
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What happens during Extension ?
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VIDEO DEMONSTRATION Global Movement of the SSB in Flexion and Extension
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VIDEO DEMONSTRATION - Palpation & Hand Placement of Occiput & Sphenoid in Flexion and Extension (SSB)
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VIDEO DEMONSTRATION - Palpation & Hand Placement of Frontal in Flexion and Extension
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VIDEO DEMONSTRATION - Palpation & Hand Placement of Temporals in Flexion and Extension (Side View)
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VIDEO DEMONSTRATION - Palpation & Hand Placement of Temporals in Flexion and Extension ( Top View)
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VIDEO DEMONSTRATION - Palpation & Hand Placement of PARIETALS in Flexion and Extension
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HOMEWORK & DOWNLOAD: Practicing Palpating for the Cranial Rhythmic Movement
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Chapter 6. Learning to Assess the Amplitude of Cranial Rhythms
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What is Amplitude of the Cranial Rhythm?
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Other Aspects of the Cranial Rhythm
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What does Full Amplitude of the SSB feel like ?
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What is Restricted Range of Motion?
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Learning what Restricted Range of Motion feels like
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Video Demonstration - Step 1. Palpate for Amplitude of the Sphenoid
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Video Demonstration - Step 2. Palpate for Amplitude of the Sphenoid & Occiput
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Video Demonstration - Step 3. Palpate for Amplitude of the Frontal & Occiput
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Video Demonstration - Step 4. Palpate for Amplitude of the Temporals
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Video Demonstration - Step 5. Palpate for Amplitude of the Parietals
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VIDEO - Introduction with your Instructor
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VIDEO DEMONSTRATION Overall Palpation Assessment on a Live Model
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HOMEWORK: Learning to Palpate the Cranium Rhythm Phases of Flexion & Extension & Restricted Amplitude
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Chapter 7: The Cranial Venous Sinus System (CVSS)
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What is a Cranial Sinus and why are they Important to Cranial Osteopathy?
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What is a Cranial Sinus and why are they important to Cranial Osteopathy?
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A Flowing System: the Structure of Venous Sinuses
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What's a Ventricle? Locating the Ventricles of the Brain
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A Summary of the 3rd and 4th ventricles Role in Intra-Cranial Congestion
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Lets review the Main areas of Drainage of the Cranial Venous Sinus System
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Examples of Functional Pathologies of the Venous Sinus System
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Health Benefits of CV4 Technique
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Palpation Protocol for Dysfunctions of the Venous Sinus System
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VIDEO - Introduction with your Instructor
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VIDEO DEMONSTRATION Palpating for Dysfunctions of the Venous Sinus System & using the CV4 Technique
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HOMEWORK & DOWNLOAD: Practice Protocol to for Identifying Dysfunctions the Cranial Venous Sinus System on a Patient
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Chapter 8: The Cranial Osteopathy Assessment Chart & Your Homework
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The Cranial Osteopathy Assessment Chart & the Advantages of Using a Charting Method in your Practice
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Using the Cranial Diagram
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Charting the SphenoBasilary Symphesis - Optional Chart
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Homework & What Your Goals Should Be
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Homework Formats Available for Download
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Homework #1: Anatomy of the Cranial Bones
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Homework #2: Name the Suture
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HOMEWORK 3: Treating Suture Compaction
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Homework chapter #3: Treating Suture Compaction
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HOMEWORK #4: Practicing the Vault Hold Procedures in Treating Cranial Meninges
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HOMEWORK #5: Practicing Palpating for the Cranial Rhythmic Movement
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HOMEWORK #6: Learning to Palpate the Cranium Rhythm Phases of Flexion & Extension & Restricted Amplitude
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HOMEWORK #7: Practice Protocol to for Identifying Dysfunctions the Cranial Venous Sinus System on a Patient
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HOMEWORK & DOWNLOAD: Using the Chart to Assess the Spheno-Basilary Symphesis
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Checklist before submitting your Homework
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Where & How to Submit your Homework
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About your Instructor
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Maureen Norah Maher, BA, DO(Qc), DO(MP) Osteopath Practitioner and Educator
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