Osteopathic palpation as a process of unique interaction between a practitioner and a patient / Workshop 2C
The goal of osteopathic education is to teach students how to “read” the body, to handle it safely and efficiently, to give them a concept, which will be in agreement with their own sensory sphere and will allow adaptation of treatment approaches to each patient. Thus osteopathic education means teaching to hear the body language, […]
MIND MATTERS – A Palpation Research Project. / Workshop 2A
The osteopathic community knows many different approaches to palpate a body. The question is whether it makes a difference if we look for restrictions of joints, for mobility or motility of organs or if we let the flow of fluida come into our attention. Quantum physical research claims that our view and our expectations can […]
Inter-examiner reliability studies in education: How & why to D.O. them. / Workshop 2E
Purpose: Adding inter-examiner reliability studies to the Evidence Base has been identified as a high priority endeavor for health practitioners using palpatory diagnosis and manual techniques; but there are significantly more benefits to be gained for the teachers and students who participate in such studies. This workshop will focus on how and why to conduct […]
The Sensation of Fascia: An Autonomous Approach / Workshop 1A
The Sensation of Fascia: An Autonomous Approach Teaching palpation carries the risk of the instructor inadvertently using the “power of suggestion” to influence the student’s perception of the tissue being palpated. To avoid such negative consequences, the student should be encouraged to develop an autonomous sense of perception while simultaneously being certain that they are […]
Bringing More Presence to the Art of Palpation / Workshop 1C
There are new and exciting developments in the understanding of neuroplasticity, polyvagal theory and various practices that enhance and deepen heart coherence, or “Presence”. It is wise to include this depth into the teaching and refinement of palpation skills. It is still as crucial as ever to see the central importance of the words of […]
The palpatory reflective cycle: Bridging the gap between experience and interpretation / Workshop 1D
The palpatory reflective cycle is the process by which osteopaths make sense of palpatory experiences as raw feelings and sensations are woven together with knowledge and experience to form an understanding of what is under our hands. Through our work with osteopaths at all levels of experience, the authors have identified four key components of […]
Beyond palpation – an approach to apply tissue quality in osteopathic treatment / Workshop 1E
Especially with very young, very old or very sick persons in our experience you need tissue quality as reference if you want to make your treatment as efficient and safe as possible. We worked out teaching tools and try to develop them further constantly in order to give an ignition to students capacity of diagnosing […]
Palpation: Research and Education / Key Note
Palpation in osteopathic education and practice struggles to define itself as a transferable skill, possibly due to disparate views or conceptual models. One common view of palpation argues that the assumption that a defined criterion standard is always available or accessible is an epistemological flaw, and that counter to this expectation of a reference standard, […]
The osteopathic palpation as perception in a complex system / Key Note
Starting from the hypothesis that there is an engineery and a specific strategy for teaching palpation, this presentation shows the numerous subjective element of interaction in palpation. The transmission of the information between patient and practitioner needs to include a third element: the interface of perception linked to the felt sense. Based on A.T.Still’s experience, […]
A coaching method for teaching osteopathic palpation / Symposium D: Practical Approaches, Presentation
Success in osteopathic practice lies in early training for professional autonomy. Liberal education must help students build confidence and cultivate osteopathic reflective abilities. Based on this theory, teaching palpation is entirely sensible. Applying one’s hands to another’s body, “touching the other”, “being touched” reveal emotions seldom verbalized and experienced unconsciously in the student/learner’s palpation and […]