Osteopath D.O. and graduate in physiotherapy with over twenty years of clinical experience, teacher of structural osteopathy and teacher of osteopathic clinic for over ten years, director of the clinical department for over five years.
For years, HVLA techniques have been one of the most effective tools in osteopathic treatment of the pelvis and spine. The goal of this course is to make HVLA techniques more gentle, precise, and safe while maintaining high clinical efficacy through an innovative manipulativeapproach born from the instructors' twenty years of clinical experience. The techniques described will be analyzed from a global perspective with a broad osteopathic clinical context. Furthermore, possible manipulative variations willbe analyzed with adaptations suitable for different types of patients and pathologies.
Duration
16 hours, 9.00-13.00 / 14.00-18.00, two days
Participants expectation
Starting with HVLA techniques considered "classic" in osteopathy, participants will have the opportunity to understand and experience hands-on how they can be adapted to a more real-world clinical setting, involving patients with visceral and cranial dysfunctions and significant chronic or acute pathologies. Participants will also be taught the necessary adjustments to apply HVLA techniques even in cases of significant physical differences between osteopath and patient.
Learning objectives
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- refine the structural manipulation of the spine and pelvisin order to make it sweeter, safer but always effective;
- contextualize the structural approach from the perspective of an osteopathic clinic with the necessary cranial and visceral references but also pathologies resulting from spinal manipulation.
Day 1
09:00 – 11:00 (coffee break included)
Lecturers presentation, important disclaimer about the teaching of anatomy and physiology, explanation of why DSI-techniques are fundamental in an integrated clinical approach, class leveling on the basic principles of palpatory evaluation and on the biomechanics of weight force distribution.
11:00 – 13:00
Pubic symphysis: Palpatory assessment and mobilitytest. Decopatation technique. Clinical integration.
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 (coffee break included)
Ilium bone: TFE, pelvic-roll, sacroiliac palpation. Rearticulatory technique (three variants), HVLA. Clinical integration in hernia and hip replacement cases
16:00 – 18:00
Sacrum: piriformis test and palpatory assessment. Pompage technique, cough technique, HVLA (two variants). Clinical integration in hernia, osteoporosis and visceral dysfunction cases
Day 2
09:00 – 11:00 (coffee break included)
Lumbar spine: mobility test and palpatory assessment. Pompage technique (four variants), cough technique, HVLA (three variants). Clinical integration in hernia, spinal surgery outcomes, facet syndrome, spinal stenosis and spondylolisthesis cases.
11:00 – 13:00
Dorsal spine: palpatory assessment in orthostatic and supine position, direct-DOG evaluation. Pompagetechnique (two variants), HVLA (four variants) and other alternative techniques in different positions. Clinical integration in shoulder periarthritis and osteoporosis cases.
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 (coffee break included)
Cervical spine: mobility test and palpatori assessment in sitting and supine position. Pompage technique (three variants), rearticulatory technique (two variants), HVLA (three techniques. Clinical integration in hernia, spinal surgery outcomes, whiplash, dental work, dizziness and TOS cases.
16:00 – 18:00
Answers to participants' doubts and analysis of real clinical cases. Final considerations and greetings.