This is where original concepts are discussed in a critical reflective manner, looking at challenges, evidence, interpretations and who this relates to modern practice. This is a series of lectures and resources that will support your understanding of osteopathy. This series of modules supports the CNMO Traditional Diploma in Osteopathy Programme.
There are 8 modules, designed to follow on from each other. Each has around 6-8 hours of lectures from Caroline and various resources to download, and lots of links to interesting articles, and old osteopathic texts in PDF format (all freely available on the web, but links pre found for you here!).
COURSE CONTENT SUMMARY (modules are continuously updated, so exact titles / order / detail may vary). Module 8 is being revised and will be available shortly .but you can bundle them all for £250) - contact me to purchase the full series for this price).
Each module is £65 (covering all the videos and additional resources, downloadable articles and other information).
| MODULE | TITLE | INDICATIVE CONTENTS |
| 1A | WHOSE OSTEOPATHY IS IT ANYWAY? | A.T.Still and early players. |
| 1B | Developing the concepts of lesions and body contributions to health | |
| 1C | Lesions, posture, neural, fluidic and biomechanical dynamics | |
| 1D | Current practice – is it osteopathic? | |
| 2A | FUNCTION AND PHYSIOLOGY | FINDING HEALTH – ‘seeing’ |
| 2B | Littlejohn’s sensory concepts and equations | |
| 2C | Hydrostatic skeletons, our coelomic posture, Biotensegrity and cellular level health | |
| 2D | Axial and appendicular dynamics | |
| 3A | HOW THINGS MIGHT WORK – OSTEOPATHY AND PATHOLOGY | Communication and barriers – releasing health |
| 3B | Techniques that communicate or release communicative channels | |
| 3C | Body impacts on self-regulation | |
| 3D | Practitioner or patient delivered therapy – the role of touch and passive movements; why we all palate it differently | |
| 4A | LESION TRACKING – WHAT DOES IT MEAN? AGG-REL AND MAINTAINING FACTORS | Viscero-somatic / somato-visceral, maps, topography, where is the ‘segment’, cutaneous reflexes and nuclei – what is driving what? |
| 4B | Myofascial ‘lesions’ – what are they? | |
| 4C | The primary lesion – does it exist | |
| 4D | Models – still lesion unwinding, Lovett brother, SAT, SOT, Littlejohn’s curves, ilial lesions, global patterns – what is all this stuff – does the number crunching latter? | |
| 7A | FOUNDATIONS – RATIONALITY, PLAUSIILITY, DEFENSIBILITY | Is there any evidence? |
| 7B | Postural models and the BSP debate – where to go with this story | |
| 7C | Other models – the 5-model model and the Embodied embracing model. Lets think integrated function and physiology | |
| 7D | Immune dynamics – exposure, allostasis, dysregulation – can bodywork work? | |
| 6A | PAIN, PERCEPTION, INTERPRETATION | What is relevant in pain? |
| 6B | Complex and chronic pain – an osteopathic interpretation | |
| 6C | Retracing osteopathic exploration – ‘seeing’ your patient | |
| 6D | Analysing patients – why technique can’t and shouldn’t be taught | |
| 5A | CAVITIES AND CONTENTS – SPINAL AND APPENDICULAR INTEGRATION | Spinal and cranial cavities, and the CNS and dysfunctions |
| 5B | Abdominal cavity and its dysfunctions | |
| 5C | Pelvis and its dysfunctions | |
| 5D | Thoracic cavity and its dysfunctions | |
| 8A | CONCEPTS OF CARE – 21ST CENTURY OSTEOPATHY | Modern osteopathy revisited |
| 8B | Keeping it real | |
| 8C | Being osteopathic | |
| 8D | Reflections |
https://cnmo.co.uk/traditional-osteopathic-concepts-course This version includes practical in person weekends.
£65 or bundle all 8 for £400 - contact me for this price.
| 1A | WHOSE OSTEOPATHY IS IT ANYWAY? | A.T.Still and early players. |
| 1B | Developing the concepts of lesions and body contributions to health | |
| 1C | Lesions, posture, neural, fluidic and biomechanical dynamics | |
| 1D | Current practice – is it osteopathic? |
6-8 hours of lectures, plus lots of resources and links.
£65 (or bundle all 8 for £400 - contact me for this price)
| 2A | FUNCTION AND PHYSIOLOGY | FINDING HEALTH – ‘seeing’ |
| 2B | Littlejohn’s sensory concepts and equations | |
| 2C | Hydrostatic skeletons, our coelomic posture, Biotensegrity and cellular level health | |
| 2D | Axial and appendicular dynamics |
6-8 hours of lectures plus lots of downloadable resources and link.