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General Osteopathic Treatment as pictured by JM. Littlejohn: Addressing the Neuroendocrine-Immune System. Part 1.
April 25 to April 28, 2024

Prerequisite: Osteopathic Practitioner or a Heal Care Practitioner currently studying Osteopathy
Instruction provided by Pascal Grolaux and Eric Sanderson
Maximum: 30 Participants

In this course, there will be an exploration of the concepts and techniques of JM Littlejohn. In addition, there will be a discussion on the neuroendocrine-immune system (NEIS), including a discussion on the role of the vagus nerve in that very important homeostatic system. Lastly, there will be a discussion of the role of evaluation of the vagus nerve using HRV, including the use of vagal stimulation as an adjunct therapy alongside osteopathic treatment.

Attendees will have the opportunity to study and learn from an internationally recognized authority on GOT, the neuroimmune system and vagal stimulation.

Learning Goals

1. Reviewing the philosophy and principles of the General Osteopathic (GOT) Treatment promoted by JM Littlejohn as a key part of Traditional Osteopathy.
2. Understanding the central autonomic network and the brain-heart axis.
3. Understanding the principles of neuroendocrine-immunology and inflammation with reference to the osteopathic centers.
4. Understanding the ANS anti-inflammatory reflexes with the central role of the vagus nerve.
5. Understanding the functions and roles of brain structures of the autonomic central network as well as the limbic system linked with pain, mental health, and inflammation.
6. Understanding short-term heart rate variability (HRV) analysis as a biomarker of the sympathovagal balance.
7. Practicing the GOT with emphasis on the neuroendocrine-immune system and its effect on HRV.

Lesson Content 

1. You will review the General Osteopathic Treatment (GOT) as pictured by JM Littlejohn and promoted by J. Wernham.
2. You will understand the central autonomic network and its relation to the body systems (e.g., the brain-heart axis).
3. You will learn the basics of neuroendocrine-immune system bi-directional communication with the autonomic nervous system (ANS) in case of, e.g., autoimmune diseases, chronic pain syndrome, and mental health.
4. You will discover the osteopathic centers in relation to the neuroendocrine-immune system and will integrate them along the practice of the GOT.
5. You will understand how to perform osteopathic manipulative treatment along the practice of the GOT, specifically targeting the ANS and the immune system. 
6. You will understand how the GOT, via relevant and appropriate general and specific techniques acts on these systems and will impact the sympathovagal balance as demonstrated by heart rate variability analysis.
  
Educational Objective:
 

1) Reviewing the philosophy and principles of the General Osteopathic (GOT) Treatment promoted by JM Littlejohn as a key part of Traditional Osteopathy.
2) Understanding the central autonomic network and the brain-heart- axis.
3) Understanding the principles of neuroendocrine-immunology and inflammation with reference to the osteopathic centers.
4) Understanding the ANS anti-inflammatory reflexes with the central role of the vagus nerve.
5) Understanding the functions and roles of brain structures of the autonomic central network as well as the limbic system linked with pain, mental health, and inflammation.
6) Understanding short-term heart rate variability (HRV) analysis as a biomarker of the sympathovagal balance.
7) Practicing of the GOT with emphasis on the neuroendocrine-immune system and its effect on HRV.

To contact the school, please email info@progressiveosteopathy.ca, or call 647-770-2967. To mail OAoPO, please address c/o Venn Med at 801 Eglinton Avenue West, Unit 201, Toronto, ON M5N1E3.

 




Type: In-Person

We are excited to have Gerald 'Gez' Lamb come back to Canada to share his knowledge and teach SAT 2 & 3, with Alain Dubreuil assisting him.  

Specific Adjusting Technique (S.A.T) 2 - Pre-Requisites: S.A.T 1 before taking S.A.T 2

Teacher: MR. GERALD LAMB D.O. (UK) 

Assistant: M. ALAIN DUBREUIL, D.O. (QC)

Dates: May 24-26, 2024 (3 Days)

Venue: CMU

500 Shaftesbury Boulevard

Winnipeg, Manitoba


Specific Adjusting Technique (S.A.T) 3 - Pre-Requisites: S.A.T 2 before taking S.A.T 3

Teacher: MR. GERALD LAMB D.O. (UK) 

Assistant: M. ALAIN DUBREUIL, D.O. (QC)

Dates: May 29- June 1, 2024 (4days)

Venue: CMU

500 Shaftesbury Boulevard

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Registration Link: https://www.osteopathymanitoba.org/specific-adjusting-technique 


Having taken SAT 1, you are now familiar with the basics of SAT. You have an overview of the philosophy and practice, and you are capable of putting it into practice and learning from the process. 

However, it is now time to hear it again with refinement and further practice and to discover that somehow you are hearing it in a different way and, therefore, putting it into action in a different way. This is the emphasis of SAT 2.

There will be multiple opportunities to appreciate what a pattern means, how it looks from person to person, how the variations in the presentation show themselves in a spinal configuration and how it moulds the approach you are going to take.

But then we introduce the concept of Tissue Fields and Levels of Function. This enables you to experience the intelligence of the body as it works through each tissue type, both in structure and function. To begin to experience a level of response from the body according to where you, the practitioner, place your awareness and experience the body responding in a profoundly effective way. Moving always by nature toward better health through better function of the tissues of the body. 

Then, likewise, we experience the level at which the body is functioning, the depth of that function and how to communicate effectively with the intelligence that is seeking better balance. Although this goes a little beyond the original format of specific mobilization of the spine, it lends itself to a sublime interplay between the deeper intention within the body and the practitioner’s knowledge of how the spinal mechanics respond to specificity.

Moving on then to SAT 3, we develop the intention to be much less of ‘doing’ an osteopath and more of ‘being’ an osteopath. Where the skills are more the tools that we choose to suit the body’s needs, but our sense of being more in ourselves enables an outcome way beyond the mechanical.

We have witnessed many osteopaths on our courses achieve realizations that have enabled them to be truly creative with the whole concept of specificity. Where the deeper knowing within us as ‘spiritual beings having a human experience’ enables a relationship to be formed with the intelligence in the body which takes the results well beyond the norm of the technique.

We hope that you will be encouraged to join Alain and me in a truly collaborative process that will enhance your understanding of osteopathy and quicken your enthusiasm for what SAT may produce as a healing response within your patients.

We believe that SAT2 and 3, practised closely together, will give you the tools to become masters of this awe-inspiring approach to the osteopathic modality. Gez Lamb

 

Location
IN-PERSON - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Women's Health Virtual Symposium - For Allied Health Professionals 

Improve your understanding of 21st-century women's health issues across the lifespan, from adolescence to older age. Integration 2024 - Women's Health Virtual Symposium will provide you with the opportunity to learn from clinicians and researchers who have specialized knowledge and expertise in the health of women and girls. Health data shows that more than half your caseload (at least 55%) are women and girls!!!

LIVE - Virtual - Sunday, May 5th - 10 am - 4:30 pm (EST)

Learning Goals

  1. Understand how early life environments impact long-term health and why maternal health advocacy is important
  2. Formulate a plan to assess and address strength priorities in older women
  3. Discover treatment strategies for the management of health issues in women, including pelvic dysfunction, Caesarean section, and menstrual irregularity
  4. Consider how to respond to disclosures of trauma, gender-based, and sexual violence from patients 
  5. Support patients planning families
  6. Evaluate hip hypermobility in female athletes at different ages and stages
  7. Recognize the impact of hormonal changes during perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause 

How Will Your Patients Benefit?

  • Inform and empower the women in your practice to have agency over their health and well-being
  • Encourage the women in your practice to understand and make informed decisions about their health options 
  • Provide care that is informed by an understanding of the unique and specific issues associated with women's health 
  • Share culturally appropriate community health services and resources as part of a collaborative approach to women's healthcare 

Join us on Sunday, May 5th, from 10 am to 4:30 pm (EST). Discounted rate until April 15th. 
Please Note: This is an ON Camera Event - Participants must have their cameras on during presentations.

For more information, visit our Event Portal, email integrationsymposium@gmail.com, follow us @integrationcos

 

Location
Virtual