Module 1. Foundations of Visceral Osteopathy (five hours CEUs/CPDs)
VISCERAL OSTEOPATHY SERIES
This is a Level I course open to all Manual Therapists who have not had any prior training in the basic principles of Visceral Osteopathy or who wish to review. It is a five hour theory online course with a quiz and no hands-on homework.
It is the first module in our Visceral Osteopathy Series and is pre-requisite for participating other courses in this series.
You can also chose this Module alone if you are simply interested in or are curious about the principles of visceral osteopathy.
If you wish to learn or review the theoretical foundations of Visceral Osteopathy, this module is for you.
How does this course work?
This course is a theory course with no practical homework. Each chapter takes you through an explanation of the important principles that govern every aspect of visceral osteopathy treatment.
Like all of our online courses, you can log in and learn at any time. You also have access to all of the course material for one full year allowing you to review the material again and again as you need to.
You will find downloads of important charts and diagrams that you can download throughout the course.
At the end, there is a d a final online multiple choice quiz. A Certificate of Completion can be requested after successful completion of the course material and a the quiz.
You will then have the foundations to participate in the Module 2 of our Visceral Osteopathy series.
Welcome Your Instructor Maureen Hannah Maher
Introduction to Chapter 1
"Nature abhors a vacuum"
The Principle of Volume Pressure
Organ Mobility versus Motility
Organ Mobility
FREE PREVIEWVisceral "Motility"
Physiological Conditions that Lead to Organ Dysfunction
The Motility Cycle or Phases of Motility
Introduction to chapter 2
The Viscero-Somatic / Somato-Visceral Effect
The Viscero-Somatic / Somato-Visceral Reflex Chart
The Viscero-Somatic / Somato-Visceral Reflex Chart
Viscero-Somatic / Somato-Visceral Reflexes According to GI Tract Segments
How Viscero-Somatic Reflexes creates Facilitated Segments
Physiological Dermatomes of Visceral Dysfunction
DOWNLOAD - The Viscero-Somatic / Somato-Visceral Reflex Chart
DOWNLOAD - Viscero-Somatic / Somato-Visceral Reflexes According to Gastro Intestinal Tract Segments
Introduction to chapter 3
Hypotonia - Underfunctioning of the GI Tract
Hypertonia - Overfunctioning of the GI Tract
Upper, Midddle and Lower Portions of the GI Tracts
Introduction to chapter 4
Acute versus Chronic Visceral States of Dysfunction
The Emotional & Psychological Component of Visceral & Digestive Dysfunctions
Visc Ch 4 acute versus chronic
Introduction to Chapter 5
Goal of Visceral Osteopathic Treatment
Working in Collaboration with your Client's Physician or Other Primary Care Practitioner
Contraindications and Precautions (Farewell)
Information about the Quiz and your Certificate of Completion
Final Quiz
Procedure for claiming your Certificate of Completion
Maureen Norah Maher, BA, DO(Qc), DOMP Osteopath Practitioner and Educator
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Maureen Hannah Maher