Required prequisite for all courses

Animal Normalization Intro Class Outline

Students will learn:

• Osteopathic and functional indirect terminology
• Shock, lymph, gluten impaction, and beginning fascia
• Sacral mechanics and gait analysis
• Mechanical exam

   Day 1:

• Introduction to the Principles of Osteopathy
• Functional indirect terminology and techniques
• Identification of areas of greatest resistance
• Walking the gait cycle

  Day 2:

• Overview of Anatomy Trains
• Beginning lymphatics techniques
• Beginning vascular techniques
• Examination

  Day 3:

• Hierarchy of protective mechanisms
• Gluten impaction
• Gluten release protocol
• Beginning spinal and sacral mechanics

  Day 4:

• Lumbo-pelvis dynamics
• Pelvic paradigm
• Cervical spine
• Sympathetic overdrive protocol

  Mechanical Exams:

• Standing
• Sitting